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> One of the problems with building a jargon is that terms are vulnerable to losing their meaning

Nonsense. Your proposed "jargon" just didn't catch on. Also, language evolves way faster than most people realize.

Trying to shoehorn static semantics to software development is a losing game, I think.

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Having experienced first hand the effect of “semantic diffusion” on the word Agile, and later even sprint and product owner – everything lost its meaning. I think he was spot on.

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I think that funnily enough, the "semantic diffusion" itself is an example of how such things happen. I wasn't aware of that label and certainly will not be adopting it to my vocabulary. Sounds like a very complex way of saying something has changed its meaning.

Agile existed in a vacuum as a manifesto, then it existed as a driver for cults/zealots of the ideology, then as a de-facto process, and now it's just watered down to something execs repeat when they want to say "our company isn't like a regular stiff corporation, but something more adaptable than that".