It’s 2025, and I just had a conversation with a global financial services company where we discussed software testing in terms of <gasp> checking and testing, tacit and explicit knowledge, test automation in testing, and the “Weinberg-ian” (is that thing??) principle of human-centric testing…

Guess what? They loved it and said it put testing and what it can (and cannot do), in a perspective they’ve never had before. Go figure…

The point is, if your words work for you and help gain understanding with your testing customers, keep using them…if they don’t then find some new ones. As for me, I’m going to keep on with testing/checking, tacit/explicit, and all the Jerry-isms I can mine…enjoy!