New jargon lets you avoid overloading existing terms and it adds specificity.
When someone says design token, you know they're talking about this. They don't have to say "variables" or "constants" + extra explanation that narrows the reference to the TFA concept every time they want to refer to the concept.
We do this so often in programming that you take it for granted. You're using dozens of words that weren't used 10 years ago.
Hydration is a good example of one of those words in the webdev space.
When someone says design token, you know they're talking about this. They don't have to say "variables" or "constants" + extra explanation that narrows the reference to the TFA concept every time they want to refer to the concept.
We do this so often in programming that you take it for granted. You're using dozens of words that weren't used 10 years ago.
Hydration is a good example of one of those words in the webdev space.