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Prompxiety

The restless, obsessive anxiety felt by AI-era builders who use tools like Claude Code or ChatGPT to vibe-code products at superhuman speed — only to find that more power creates more pressure, not more peace.

The loop: first prompt hits like dopamine → 10× velocity → brain quietly rewrites the MVP into a billion-dollar startup → can't stop prompting → body restless, sleep gone, repeat.

The cruel irony: you built a machine to work for you, and ended up working harder than ever — chasing an outcome no machine can promise.

Prompt + Anxiety = Prompxiety
"I've been prompting for 14 hours straight trying to ship before anyone copies my idea. My co-founder says I have Prompxiety and need to log off."
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propriety 

Socially and morally acceptable behaviour
Correct or appropriate behavior
Proper young ladies always act with propriety and never talk dirty.

poopxiety 

the inability to poop in new places or unknown bathrooms
whenever we go away on holiday, i have poopxiety for the first few days.
poopxiety by mandypie June 18, 2007

poopxiety 

the inability to poop in new places or unknown bathrooms
whenever we go away on holiday, i have poopxiety for the first few days.
poopxiety by mandypie December 28, 2008

pompiety 

When you think you are better than everyone else but know you're not supposed to admit it.
A microphone and a podium reveals pompiety in a person.
pompiety by neohne May 9, 2013

Poopxiety 

Constipation. Not being able to poop (go number 2, defecate, have a bowel movement) when one is nervous, anxious, has been traveling, is at a "foreign" toilet, moved to a new environment or has people around or near them. The inability to have a normal bowel movement in a relaxed way, due to changes in the environment and becoming nervous or anxious.
When I went on my 1 week vacation cruise, I had poopxiety all week and was unable to poop, due to the changes in my environment.
Poopxiety by annieoakley October 23, 2011

Catalysmic Propriety 

the appropriate conditions needed for a catalystic action to take place.
The Chemical cannot be speeded up because it does not have the right Catalysmic Propriety.