Kate brought this to my attention, and I haven’t been able to stop laughing (or shaking my head) since.
A coworker — a content programmer in the online media industry! — used the phrase “it eats the page” to refer to a hyperlink that, when clicked, opened the URI within the same browser window. In other words, the link didn’t spawn a new window. In other words, it followed the default behavior of the web. Duh! And this person was alarmed that said hyperlink was broken. (!!!)
Sigh…
