A product or service that has been rendered completely useless, unmanageable, or irrelevant. In software, this is usually due to over-engineering or a lack of fundamental understanding of how to interpret analytics related to the typical use case. Most common in software and online services, but can be applied to other industries.

When two practitioners discuss at a conference, typically Opticon, about Optimizely nee:testing/experimentation on their digital products

Bullshit software made up by Chinese companies as a form of making extra cash.

A sophisticated way to say, "Life is not always fair"

When you thinking the worst will happen so when either it comes true or not, you either get the result you expected or you get delightfully surprised.

Theres no such thing as cautious optimism. Cautious optimism is cynicism. Thinking the sky is going to fall and trying to look forward to the little bit of good left in things before it does is cynicism. Really, having a bucket list is cynicism, since even though it becomes more likely that you'll die soon when you get older, once the mystery isnt there you're not really living anyway, you're just trying to live the rest of your days as an adrenaline junkie before the crash at the end, to go out with a bang, that's cynicism. Most thoughts disguised as positive are really cynical by nature.

When someone tries to put an optimistic spin on an unfotmunate situation, but has a sarcastic intent, and ends up subtly coming off as an asshole.