{
  "id": "honeymoon-phase.upkeep",
  "term": "honeymoon phase",
  "sense": "upkeep",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 15,
  "domain": "bonds and their maintenance",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "a short period after a connection forms during which the connection parameter drifts up, placing the connection far from its lower boundary so that maintenance is minimal, creating the illusion that the connection is deep inside its window",
  "folk_gloss": "the early, blissful period of a new relationship",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "coupling.connection",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "window.range",
      "boundary.limit",
      "maintenance.upkeep"
    ],
    "interaction": "the connection parameter drifts up, moving the connection away from its lower boundary and making less work to keep it inside its window",
    "novel_properties": [
      "temporary uplift of connection",
      "illusion of deep window placement"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "honeymoon phase"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — bonds and their maintenance"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-honeymoon-phase.upkeep"
}