Geordi’s literal prompt that one-shotted Moriarty: “Computer, in the Holmesian style, create a mystery to confound Data with an opponent who has the ability to defeat him.”

“Overcome by lust, Mr. Spock nearly kills Captain Kirk during a Vulcan mating ritual.”

“But Charlie, don’t forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he always wanted.”

“What happened?”

“He lived happily ever after.”

One adjacent term is “frisson”: when it’s so sublimely awesome it gives you chills.

Love this line from the wiki article: ‘A secretary he had interviewed for the piece said that a technical representative from Xerox had warned her “not to be afraid of the 914 because the machine would sense her fear and, like a mischievous child, misbehave.”’