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Concocting
/kən.KOK.tɪŋ/ (hard stop on second syllable; do not soften)v. trans.Colloquial
Etymology
from Lat. concoquere (to boil together, to digest) + UX copywriter enthusiasm, circa Q1 2024; implies a certain reckless creativity not present in the more sober Composing
Definition
The improvisational assembly of response components in a manner that suggests the model is working from intuition rather than a reliable recipe. Concocting carries a mild implication that the output may surprise even Claude.
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Usage
"Engineers observed the model Concocting for approximately 5 seconds before producing a SQL query that technically fulfilled the request through means no one on the team was comfortable explaining to the client." - Quarterly Engineering Retrospective, Q2 2024
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