proompt

English edit

Etymology edit

An alteration of prompt, possibly on the pattern of coom, influenced by the 4chan -oomer suffix for forming Wojak names and derogatory agent nouns.

In modern usage, the misspelling is deliberate, but accidental errors can be found much before the widespread adoption of AI.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pɹuːmpt/

Noun edit

proompt (plural proompts)

(humorous, machine learning) A prompt.
- 2023 July 26, austin w, Medium‎^[2]:
  It’s no wonder Proompt engineers get payed^[sic] so much. The difference in output in ChatGPT when combined with automations can mean millions for companies.
- 2023 November 2, @ThePrimeagen, X‎^[3]:
  this guy is really taking proompt engineering to the next level
- 2023 April 13, jmeintjesn, Katalon Community‎^[4]:
  We will all either become proompters or the people who create the proompt tools 😉
- 2023 January 13, Fics Written in the Stars, Tumblr:
  proompt: wukong pops into xaiotian’s apartment one night as a wholesome surprise only to find him drunk because he was stressed

Verb edit

proompt (third-person singular simple present proompts, present participle proompting, simple past and past participle proompted) (transitive)

(humorous, machine learning) To prompt; to write a prompt for an AI model.
- 2023 July 8, crikeymcdoodle, “CRIKEY'S COOMBOT CORNER”, in Rentry‎^[5]:
  I like image proompting, but I don't always have a bot idea for every image I make.
- 2023 May 23, foodman54, “Introducing GameIdeaGenerator: Unleash Your Creativity in Roblox!”, in Roblox Developer Forum‎^[6]:
  That’s why you proompt the AI to give you more specific ideas.
- 2023 February 8, bury_she, “Custom huge dohonkerbonkeros diffusion model v(-1) (Patreon)”, in Kemono‎^[7]:
  "Catastrophic Forgetting" is a well researched topic in GAN and diffusion models, where the more training you perform, it "forgets" prior training: this is most visible in some of the lower quality ""finetunes"" floating around, where the model output reliably reflects a certain style, but contains very little flexibility to produce anything but standing/leaning cowboy shots of medium bust girls facing the camera. I'm not sure that this could ever be "beaten" (and if so, it would be by some research team at harvard, not some rando trying to proompt the biggest horkiest tiddies on their 3090) ..^[sic]

Usage notes edit

Used jocosely to refer to the perceived ease of use of modern AI models and to make light of prompt engineering. Can also take a derogatory character, in which case it is often used to scorn hubristic or haughty users of such technologies.

Related terms edit

proompter

References edit

^ EricDraven (2003 April 7) “Mask in Stringgrid”, in Tek-Tips Forums‎^[1]: “Using the grid allows me to give the user the option of adding the others quite easily, I just cant get a mask to work in the last column of the grid to proompt the user on how to enter the date.”