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Japanese word kaizen, referring to the practice of improving what already exists through repeated changes, turned into an English verb and conjugated.
If something was tweaked, tested, retweaked and upgraded until the original became embarrassing, it got kaizened.
Technically speaking, the Japanese word Kaizen, got kaizened.
Marc kaizened our spreadsheet. It now has buttons, alerts, and more job security than I do.
Kaizened by nanopink August 27, 2026