active · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: cooking, parenting
The add-a-nuance suffix: “…, especially if you're X”. Nearly 3× the human rate in advice registers.
◑ appears in good human writing too (collateral score 0.27 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)
…feel more involved and refined, especially at the table…
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-09-28 (run #15, 3 current + 3 vintage models)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 9.93 | 12.49 | 4.66 | 2.68 |
| hn | 7.86 | — | 5.66 | |
| cooking | 12.77 | — | 3.36 | |
| parenting | 12.82 | — | 4.04 | |
| 2.33 | — | — |
| run | date | AI /10k | vs humans |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2 | 2026-07-02 | 10.46 | ×2.6 vs humans |
| #3 | 2026-07-02 | 9.64 | ×2.2 vs humans |
| #4 | 2026-07-06 | 7.60 | ×2.3 vs humans |
| #5 | 2026-07-13 | 9.34 | ×2.1 vs humans |
| #6 | 2026-07-20 | 10.73 | ×2.1 vs humans |
| #7 | 2026-07-27 | 12.52 | ×2.4 vs humans |
| #8 | 2026-08-03 | 10.90 | ×3.3 vs humans |
| #9 | 2026-08-10 | 12.08 | ×3.0 vs humans |
| #10 | 2026-08-17 | 11.86 | ×2.3 vs humans |
| #11 | 2026-08-31 | 10.27 | ×2.9 vs humans |
| #12 | 2026-09-07 | 10.05 | ×2.8 vs humans |
| #13 | 2026-09-14 | 11.08 | ×2.2 vs humans |
| #14 | 2026-09-21 | 11.28 | ×2.4 vs humans |
| #15 | 2026-09-28 | 9.93 | ×2.1 vs humans |
literal: especially