the.com/ad hoc
latin for 'we'll figure it out when we get there.'
means improvised for one specific purpose rather than planned in advance, a solution built for right now with no pretense of lasting.
from latin, literally 'to this' or 'for this,' used since medieval scholastic writing to mark reasoning built for a single case rather than general law.
opposite instinctsystematic, the planned and repeatable alternative
favorite habitatcommittees, meetings, and emergency software patches
grammar triviafunctions as adjective and adverb, never changes form
legal cousinad hoc arbitration, tailored to one dispute only
for instance
ad hoc committee — un forms these constantly for single crises, then dissolves them
ad hoc networks — phones linking directly without routers, common in disaster zones
ad hominem — unrelated cousin phrase, often confused, means something else entirely