Digital ExistentialismEuphemism
Minimum Viable Product
MIN-ih-mum VY-uh-bul PROD-uktnoun
What it means
The smallest thing a company can charge for without being legally obligated to apologise.
What it actually means
We are launching early and calling it research.
How it is used in a sentence
"The MVP is missing logins but it demonstrates the vision."
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Digital Existentialism — Ideas that were briefly worth billions, explained by people who are briefly employed.
Euphemism — The phrase hides something specific. We decode it.
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