Automattic / Automattic/harper
Flag misuse of the word 'prolific'
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Description
I've been seeing 'prolific' used seemingly to mean 'really good' or maybe 'effective' for some years. Also "common" or "widespread"
Just now I saw it seemingly used to me something like 'extremely common or popular':
- How an IRC bot spawned the world’s most **prolific** software
- Regulations were more relaxed, and body swaps were **prolific**, and there was one chassis that gave you endless options of customization, the Beetle.
- These computers just weren't **prolific**. People weren't using them.
When it's possible to detect that it's not being used to mean 'very productive' it would be nice to be able to flag it.
Contributor guide
Research direction
No file, test, or entry point is identified in the issue. Start by finding how Harper detects context-sensitive word misuse, then compare that behavior with the listed examples. Done means flagging uses of “prolific” when it means common, popular, or effective rather than productive.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100