"Can you pass me a blank basket?" Â [referring to an empty gift basket that was to be filled with jam]
"I saw that on my screen"Â [where screen = through the car windshield]
"It's like we're a big torrent and you're the only seed."Â Followed by a "Oh god, we're defining our relationship in terms of BitTorrent."
And today:Â
"Dammit, I meant to turn up the windows while I was over there"Â [actually meaning "open the curtains"]
I know there are others, but I've forgotten now.
Ever done this?
Mercifully, not yet.
I find myself using a bit too much mil-spec jargon (milspeak?) but I've yet to find myself using tech talk out of context. The only one comes to mind was (somewhat self consciously) using wirespeed to describe a wide open freeway.