It's always cool to see something linking two of my favorite topics! I found this blog post on The Language We Use [1] via Drupal guy Michael Angeles's user experience blog [2]. It's a discussion of how the words employed can shape thinking without the speaker being aware of it.

Excerpt: "what can be dangerous about design patterns is that some patterns get TOO ingrained in our minds. They become the only way we can even conceive doing X,Y,Z, and we freeze our creativity."

"But this is what language is. It is the cultural patterns embedded in our sentences. As designers though, one might say it is our job to move past these limitations of language and structure and open our minds to new possibilities."

I've often found that reframing something (at work and in life) can totally change how I see it and act on it. Great food for thought.