Second Opinion

Noun · Slang & Abbreviations

Definitions

  1. Another qualified person's view on a problem, design, or decision. In engineering slang, a second opinion is often the fastest way to break a team's local tunnel vision.

    In plain English: Another knowledgeable person's assessment of the same issue.

    Example: "They asked for a second opinion on the schema plan before go-live and discovered a rollback gap the original group had all normalized away."

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