MartyCormack, 1 month ago

@WolfIsMe
My pet peeve was the use of "solution" as a verb, when its same Latin root "solve" was the simpler and correct option. The middle managers at the corporate tech giant I worked for at the time constantly used it to sound "smarter," when in fact in my eyes they just seemed dumber.

WolfIsMe, 1 month ago

@MartyCormack I have no idea how one would make "solution" into a verb.

"We're going to solution the heck out of this problem?"

pleaseclap, 1 month ago

@WolfIsMe @MartyCormack Pretty much

"The team worked tirelessly to solution the technical glitch."

is a correct use that is basically (but not exactly) equal to: "The team worked tirelessly to remedy the technical glitch."

It's popular jargon in the software space (because if we're being pedantic a solution is not always a remedy)

pleaseclap, 1 month ago

@WolfIsMe @MartyCormack That said I agree with Marty: your average jargonista isn't motivated by semantic precision