sloptells / “especially”

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 0.23 — the closer to 1, the more it also fires on acclaimed pre-AI prose)

examples

…feel more involved and refined, especially at the table…

evidence

occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-08-17 (run #10, 3 current + 3 vintage models)

current AIvintage AI (2024/25)humans (matched)canon (great pre-AI prose)
pooled11.8613.855.072.68
hn8.104.88
cooking19.417.02
parenting14.594.11
linkedin1.18

history

rundateAI /10kvs humans
#22026-07-0210.46×2.6 vs humans
#32026-07-029.64×2.2 vs humans
#42026-07-067.60×2.3 vs humans
#52026-07-139.34×2.1 vs humans
#62026-07-2010.73×2.1 vs humans
#72026-07-2712.52×2.4 vs humans
#82026-08-0310.90×3.3 vs humans
#92026-08-1012.08×3.0 vs humans
#102026-08-1711.86×2.3 vs humans

detector

literal: especially

sources

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