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Flibbertigibbeting...
intransitive verb
Definition
- 1
intransitive verb
Flitting from thought to thought with more enthusiasm than direction; the productive cousin of distraction.
- 2
intransitive verb
Talking to oneself at length about a problem and, through the talking, solving it.
Example
“Flibbertigibbeting through the test suite.”— Claude Code, at velocity