In that case, I also don't want to appear "gratuitously ignorant" in front of such a lesser computer scientist who does care. :)
Maybe one thing like this doesn't matter, but if you make a habit out of sloppy use of technical terms, it will not go unnoticed.
Analogy: one neuron firing might not exceed a threshold, but thirty seven of them might.
> "look how smart I am, I know to say that this thing Perl does is called regular expressions by ignorant plebes even though it strictly isn't, let's high-five!"
That's rather verbose, making the cheesy scare quotes finger gesture an appealing alternative.
Maybe one thing like this doesn't matter, but if you make a habit out of sloppy use of technical terms, it will not go unnoticed.
Analogy: one neuron firing might not exceed a threshold, but thirty seven of them might.
> "look how smart I am, I know to say that this thing Perl does is called regular expressions by ignorant plebes even though it strictly isn't, let's high-five!"
That's rather verbose, making the cheesy scare quotes finger gesture an appealing alternative.