Spring 2025 – Fun Engineering Words
Engineering Jargon Defined
Decommission – throw it out
Non-trivial – it’s complicated
Zero-point energy field harmonic fluctuation – I don’t know
Phase-space incompatibility – I don’t know what is wrong
Thermal excursion – things got too hot
Rapidly depreciating asset – something is getting old
Defeating inverse electron entanglement – we are out of power
Asymmetric torque distribution – spinning out of control
Induced catastrophe – oops!
Strategically unbalanced – this design isn’t going to work
Pebkac – problem exists between keyboard and chair