cutting-edge
Colloquial/ˈkʌt.ɪŋ ˌɛdʒ/adj. (aspirational)
Etym.from 19th-century scissor-and-anvil metaphors, repurposed in the mid-1990s by marketing teams as 'cutting-edge', documented in Silicon Valley Salesmanship, vol. 3.
A vague modifier deployed to imply novelty or superiority without quantifiable claim, used to inflate perceived progress and deflect requests for evidence.
'Now integrating cutting-edge capabilities across the stack,' - Q4 Product Update