Do you guys find yourselves fighting over semantics with coworkers?

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Yeah. But it's important to build a shared vocabulary with colleagues so sometimes the fights are justified.

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Happens less the more you move up the food chain

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I think worse is when parties just assume semantics, but differently. Then heated discussions become "the grass is green.", "no, the sky is blue!" And leads nowhere after multiple meetings.
Asking what do you mean by x or what is your definition for y helps a lot if you can recognize falling in those discussions :)

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No. Have an example?

Yeah not really. Unless someone is straight up wrong with their terminology, but that doesn't happen often, if at all.

No, but I cath myself arguing over the most ridiculous thing sometimes.

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