sloptells / therapist-mode vocabulary

active · discourse · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: parenting

Advice answers that sound like a counseling session: “boundaries”, “frame it as”, “in the moment”, “a safe space”, “meet them where they are”. Strongly overrepresented in parenting-register output.

examples

…You can frame it as "some people believe..."…
…The key is to frame it as part of her story…

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)
pooled5.114.640.450.09
hn1.620.24
cooking0.000.00
parenting15.221.03
linkedin5.92

history

rundateAI /10kvs humans
#22026-07-024.81×5.4 vs humans
#32026-07-024.24×18 vs humans
#42026-07-064.05×5.7 vs humans
#52026-07-133.95×3.9 vs humans
#62026-07-204.79×11 vs humans
#72026-07-274.66×40 vs humans
#82026-08-032.86×23 vs humans
#92026-08-103.30×3.7 vs humans
#102026-08-175.11×11 vs humans

detector

regex: \b(boundaries|a safe space|frame (it|this) as|in the moment|meet (him|her|them) where)\b

sources

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