Does "postmortem bloating" have a figurative meaning?

Ask it for specific examples of where the phrase has been used in that context. It'll probably give bullshit answers and dodge for a while, before finally admitting it has no factual basis. --- Actually, I just did that, for fun. > you said it could be used figuratively, in writing about someone's reputation after death. Please give a specific, cited example of that usage > ChatGPT said: The term "postmortem bloating" is primarily used in forensic and medical contexts to describe the swelling of a body due to gas buildup during decomposition. While it's conceivable that the phrase could be employed metaphorically in literature or commentary—perhaps to describe the inflation of someone's reputation after death, **there are no widely recognized or documented instances of such figurative usage.** https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5MmxPFDLaEs

In the history of the English language, has someone used it that way. Sure, maybe. It’ not at all common and in most situations I would find that offensive. Don’t rely on ChatGPT for lessons on English. It just tells you what it thinks you want to hear. It doesn’t care about accuracy.

I guess a person *could* craft a metaphor that says that, but it’s *not* a figure of speech, and it would be very weird to just say. (Postmortem bloating is really gross, and even typing it out here makes me feel a little squirmy. I don’t advise attempting to craft any kind of metaphor that disgusting, unless the disgust factor is a super important part of your literary construct.)

Nope, I wouldn’t ever expect to hear that outside of its medical/literal meaning

Chat GPT lies confidently all the time and people refuse to believe that it's not a good tool to use trying to learn anything.

Don't use ChatGPT for anything based in reality.

Anything can have a figurative or metaphorical meaning… it all just depends on the context.

Sounds like chat gpt is making things up again

I have never heard the term used figuratively, and honestly using that way would be kind of gruesome.

Never heard it used before.

I have only heard it used in clinical contexts. I have never heard or read it used outside of it.

That's not a common phrase but anything can be turned into a metaphor if you try. So I could certainly see someone using the phrase as a metaphor the way you describe. But it's not a regular expression or anything.

In US business culture, post-mortem is used frequently to mean an analysis after a project wraps up. Do a web search for "project post-mortem".