Term: Bug – Example: There is a bug in the website.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: There is something that is causing a problem in the website that is producing an unanticipated and/or unwanted result.
Web Developer Definition: An insult often slung by uneducated clients that don’t understand the features of the program.

Term: Laggy – Example: The website is laggy and slow to load.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: The script is loading pages slowly and it is impacting the the responsiveness of the website.
Web Developer Definition: An accusation that the code is not optimally written when the real problem is with the server or web host.

Term: Dummy Text – Example: Use this dummy text on the beta site.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: Sample text to be used until later substituted.
Web Developer Definition: Any text provided by the site owner.

Term: Beta – Example: Our Web 2.0 site has been launched in beta!
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: An early version of a website that requires testing and evaluation.
Web Developer Definition: A finished project.

Term: Layout – Example: This template will serve as the layout of our website.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: The presentation of the website that will form the visitor’s impressions of the business.
Web Developer Definition: Irrelevant to the function of the site.

Term: Misalignment – Example: There is a misalignment in the website’s graphics.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: An error in the position of a website element in relation its intended location.
Web Developer Definition: A problem caused by IE.

Term: Downtime – Example: The website experienced 9 hours of downtime yesterday.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: A heart wrenching period in which sales are lost and visitors have sought alternative solutions from competitors.
Web Developer Definition: Routine maintenance and upgrades.

Term: IE - Example: IE (Internet Explorer) comes bundled with Windows.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: The method my which more than half of my website’s visitors will view the appearance of the site.
Web Developer Definition: Pointless, stupid, and irrelevant.

Term: Schedule – Example: This week’s schedule includes completing sections I-IV of the project.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: A time line outlining specific completion dates and milestones of programming tasks.
Web Developer Definition: Rough guidelines.

Term: Usability Tester- Example: The usability tester will be performing a checkup on the website.
Client/Site Owner’s Misunderstanding: A person experienced with testing multiple aspects of a website to aide in a more user friendly experience.
Web Developer Definition: That jerk that breaks all my stuff.

It is recommended that you review the above definitions thoroughly before your next communication with your web developer to help ensure a smooth and fluid dynamic in your correspondences and to avoid any future verbal fopauxs.