# \#words

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## [What small language shifts have made a difference?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-small-language-shifts-have-made-a-difference/83391)

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**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [18 August 2025 00:46 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-small-language-shifts-have-made-a-difference/83391 "2025-08-18T00:46:40Z")

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Kat Obring (@kato) makes a compelling point: We can’t release yet’ :cross\_mark: ‘Here’s what we need to feel confident about this release’ :white\_check\_mark: Small language shifts, massive impact on team morale. So…

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## [What words have you heard or use only in a software engineering context?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-words-have-you-heard-or-use-only-in-a-software-engineering-context/84513)

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**Author:** [@simon\_tomes](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/simon_tomes)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [5 May 2025 06:50 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/what-words-have-you-heard-or-use-only-in-a-software-engineering-context/84513 "2025-05-05T06:50:45Z")

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Words mean a lot in our world. And boy oh boy do we often debate the nuances of words in the testing, QA and quality engineering community. It came up on another thread the other day. I’m curious about what words you ha…

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## [Digital twins in testing - any real use?](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/digital-twins-in-testing-any-real-use/84050)

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**Author:** [@maaret](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/maaret)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [9 April 2025 18:25 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/digital-twins-in-testing-any-real-use/84050 "2025-04-09T18:25:51Z")

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Back in the days we used to test with simulators. The test systems unavailable or too scarce for our needs would be replaced with replicas that were not quite the real thing, but also allowed breaking the real thing inte…