I don't mean codenames. I mean literally saying the word "project". It's like meeting a friend and saying "hello my friend I've known for the last 20 years".

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nine_k 8 hours ago | parent [-]

Compare: "We are working on Project Paperclip" and "We are working on a paperclip". I suppose the former implies that what you're working on is not a literal paperclip (but a secret operation to snatch scientists).

So "Project Gemini" is not about, say, he constellation.

	▲	floren 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		With modern two-random-word codenames we tended to just say things like "I'm working on Crystal Banana all next week" (Crystal Banana was a local joke codename where I worked)