responsive

Definition

The corporate buzzword for 'actually does what it's supposed to do when you need it to.' In tech, it means your website doesn't look like garbage on mobile devices; in business, it means returning emails before the heat death of the universe. Being responsive is the bare minimum that somehow gets treated as an exceptional achievement.

Example Usage

The agency promised a responsive design, which apparently meant the website worked on phones if you held them sideways and squinted.

Source: Common industry terminology

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