Pedant alert pool, but 'discrete' is a very different kettle of fish to 'discreet', with a totally different meaning, so I think you should holster your outrage on that particular point.
Unfortunately, I have to agree with all your other points, and what's most distressing is that the people you alluded to don't know they don't know. I took over an aircraft a day or two ago with two entries in the tech log: "TCAS" and "BANK ANGLE PROTECT". Embarrassing to say the least that someone's made it to the LHS of a 773 who wouldn't know better than to make such entries.