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See also "agile", "lean", and the winner is: "synergy".

This is an unfortunate reality, as these words are all still useful in their original meaning and there are no replacement terms. So you're damned if you do, damned if you don't. Use the word and people cringe. Don't use the word and you lose the power of expression.

Not that you can stop it, or should try to. Anyone who does is naieve about the way language evolves.



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