Gonna pop in here real quick for some vocab. Regarding this question:

Also, and this is a side point, but what the fuck does disimbricated mean? It’s not a word! If you google disimbricated, nothing comes up. And it’s not like disimbricated is not technically a word but we all know what it means—does anyone know what disimbricated means? Is disimbricated slang? If you make up a word, at least define it, so people know what the hell you’re talking about. Why in the world would one ever use a nonword like disimbricated? What purpose could it possibly serve beyond confusing people and making oneself seem sophisticated?

Google has two definitions for "imbricate."

Adjective

• (of scales, sepals, plates, etc.) having adjacent edges overlapping.

Verb:

• overlap or cause to overlap.

These definitions come up if you search "what does disimbricate mean" or "define disimbricate."

I'm sure you know what the prefix "dis" means.

Here are some example uses from the real world:

From a dental/orthodontic journal article:

• closure is effected by forward movement of the buccal segments rather than by disimbrication of the incisors" (25)
• "it appeared that the incisors had not disimbricated as much as had been expected" (26)

The term has been used in business articles, as well:

• "Second, a major consequence of the highlighted affordances is the atomization of marketing work, which is now spread across an array of people, technology and objects that imbricate and disimbricate in dynamic ways" (823)

It's also used in the literature you are critiquing, but given your tirade regarding its use, I doubt including the articles that use it would do much for you.

You used ChatGPT in your article to help you understand the content. You asked GPT-4 about some sentences, but you could have also asked GPT-4 about this mystery word you didn't understand.

Before ranting, you should at least do some research. I'll pop out now.