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When a group of awesome talent comes together to share, create, network and collaborate. Its where the cool kids play
it was an awesome collaborative approach by the cool kids that created this perfect wedding day
by coolkidscollaborate December 20, 2015
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Collaborative Consumption

Collaborative consumption is when pre-owned goods are passed on from someone who does not want them to someone who does.
Joe practices collaborative consumption on BoxGiver by exchanging packaging materials with his neighbors.
by AnacapaHall October 16, 2021
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Collaborative F.U.

When two or more people work together in order to screw a third party over.
For example, an aggressive driver is prevented from passing by other drivers boxing him in or deliberately driving at the same speed in all lanes in front of him.
Bernie Sanders wanted to be president but the Democratic Party engaged in a collaborative f.u. to deny him the opportunity.
by MrKerr December 15, 2017
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Collaborative Learning Family

A tight-knit group of learning homies. Founded in 2018, the group developed a close bond because they hated english and couldnt do any work by themselves.
Teacher: Ben, Finn, Sam, Arianne, Mia, and Tessa you have all copied each others work
All: nah miss, it was by the collaborative learning family
Teacher: All good squad
by beckamos September 23, 2018
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Collaborative Dysfunction

1) the inability to work together as a team or maintain collaboration long enough to achieve satisfactory results. Sometimes called "CD".

2) When a team suffers from over-reliance on email, pointless meetings, and constant interruptions.

3) See Collaborative Dysfunction.
It was difficult living with Collaborative Dysfunction. No matter how hard my team worked, we could never get our results up. Once we began using Confluence, though, our performance uplift was unbelievable!
by MichaelScott?! October 24, 2012
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Collaborative Monogamy

A symbiotic relationship found in the concept of vastness where both partners benefit. Each person in the relationship is enabled to be their best selves through collaboration, communication and openness. This kind of relationship is founded on the principles of balance and harmony.
Collaborative Monogamy is the best way to find freedom in a relationship.

Relationships only succeed when both parties are happy and collaborative monogamy achieves that
by Vasthoe June 12, 2022
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Collaborative Thought

A synergistic form of problem-solving where human and artificial intelligences work together as integrated partners, blending their unique strengths. It’s not the human using a tool, but a true back-and-forth: human intuition, ethical reasoning, and contextual understanding meshing with AI's ability to process vast data, spot invisible patterns, and simulate countless scenarios. The thought process itself becomes a hybrid, emergent phenomenon that neither party could achieve alone, creating a cognitive feedback loop that amplifies both.
Example: An architect using an AI design partner exemplifies Collaborative Thought. The human provides the core vision and aesthetic intent; the AI instantly generates hundreds of structural variations, optimizes for energy efficiency and material cost, and flags regulatory issues. The architect then selects, tweaks, and inspires new directions, creating a final design that is both brilliantly creative and optimally engineered—a child of two very different minds.
by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026
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