Often, the use of a common word in #science has been incorporated into the layfolk lexicon, but has a different meaning.

E.g., when layfolk hear scientists say, for example, "theory", they perceive that a theory is just an idea (because that's how they use the word. E.g., "l have a theory"). Some scientists use the term theory when in fact the concept they're discussing is a hypothesis (I.e., not a sufficient amount of supporting evidence for it to be a theory)

The #theory of #evolution !