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Top engineers' terms and expressions (what they say versus what they mean)

  • A number of different approaches are being tried. (We are still guessing at this point.)
  • Close project coordination. (We sat down and had coffee together.)
  • An extensive report is being prepared on a fresh approach. (We just hired three punk kids out of school.)
  • Major technological breakthrough! (It works OK; but looks very hi-tech!)
  • Customer satisfaction is believed assured. (We are so far behind schedule, that the customer will take anything.)
  • Preliminary operational tests were inconclusive. (The darn thing blew up when we threw the switch.)
  • Test results were extremely gratifying! (Unbelievable, it actually worked!)
  • The entire concept will have to be abandoned. (The only guy who understood the thing quit.)