Ask HN: What are some words that you learned on Hacker News?

by neilyioon 4/24/2024, 5:38 PMwith 29 comments

I'll start. "Orthogonal".

by LinuxBenderon 4/25/2024, 2:29 PM

"bollard" [1] - I always called them steel poles with concrete inside, buried in the ground. Someone here corrected me and I learned something. Adding to that I never associated them with the more artistic versions as I assumed those were weaker or just for looks.

[1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollard

by krappon 4/25/2024, 10:13 PM

Surprised no one has mentioned "thither" as often as dang uses it.

Haven't seen "yon" yet.

by replwoacauseon 4/26/2024, 8:40 PM

“Your pricing is too high” and I learned them in that order too

by mtmailon 4/26/2024, 7:56 PM

moat

by fragmedeon 4/25/2024, 5:10 PM

confabulate - what LLMs do

by atleastoptimalon 4/25/2024, 8:23 AM

grok

by austin-cheneyon 4/27/2024, 4:13 PM

Counter-intuitive

by defroston 4/25/2024, 8:37 AM

to viscerally delve into psephology .. !an AI

by gadderson 4/25/2024, 10:51 AM

That "nonce" has another meaning relating to cryptography.

by fuzztesteron 4/25/2024, 3:18 AM

"conflating" is one that I did not know of earlier.

"drunk the kool-aid" is another, though a phrase, not a word.

"cromulent" is another

by silbon 4/29/2024, 10:14 PM

bifurcate

by tomcamon 4/26/2024, 8:29 AM

TFA (the fucking article)

by nachox999on 4/26/2024, 7:21 PM

wastimbolo

by piotrkeon 4/26/2024, 9:29 PM

'churn' and 'churn rate'

by perilunaron 4/25/2024, 1:11 AM

"heteroscedasticity"

by nicbouon 4/27/2024, 6:41 AM

“Order of magnitude”

by sturzaon 4/26/2024, 4:41 PM

enshitification