Intern Architects in Hell

Il Pelicano | 2006-06-20

On Terminology

'The note on this plan confuses me. What's a bibcock?' 'A spigot.' 'A what?' 'You know, tap. For a hose.' 'Why not just say tap?' 'For the same reason architects like to use words like palimpsest and skiamorph.' 'To make ourselves feel big?' 'No, no. To make others feel small.' 'Ah. Schadenfreude.' 'What?' 'Precisely.'

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