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Surfer Posted 7 years ago
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Hello, ..

Could you please help me with the following; I came across it online:


“What we have done with Sony is really architect something for their application, for their special sauce,” Dr. Su told Jim Cramer of CNBC’s Mad Money after its Q1 earnings were announced.

Sony isn’t just taking an off-the-shelf component and jamming it into a PlayStation-designed chassis, no, AMD has been working specifically with Sony to produce technology that fits whatever the ‘special sauce’ is that’s sloshing around the PlayStation 5.
Source: https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/navi-sony-ps5-hardware-exclusivity


The underlined part is confusing to me, is it correct? What does it mean?

Note: had there been a in after "around", like this:

".. whatever the ‘special sauce’ is that’s sloshing around in the PlayStation 5.", then it would look fine to me .. .


Thanks.

  

Top answer

First, beware: Dr. Su uses of ultra-trendy tech speak that pretentiously contrives usages like "architect" as a verb when it's a noun. Dr.

— Jack Dammit

  • First, beware: Dr.
  • Su uses of ultra-trendy tech speak that pretentiously contrives usages like "architect" as a verb when it's a noun.
  • Dr.
  • Su is architecting an engaging conversational manner by adopting the affected language of others.
  • "Special sauce" is a similarly pretentious usage originating from the improvised condiment on the iconic McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, so Su is using a sandwich condiment to describe technological innovation, for the greater glory of the English language.
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First, beware: Dr. Su uses of ultra-trendy tech speak that pretentiously contrives usages like "architect" as a verb when it's a noun. Dr. Su is architecting an engaging conversational manner by adopting the affected language of others.


"Special sauce" is a similarly pretentious usage originating from the improvised condiment on the iconic McDonald's Big Mac sandwich, so Su is using

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