retired · lexical · first recorded 2026-07-02 · registers: hn, cooking, parenting
The original. The word that launched a thousand detector threads in 2023–24. Absent from every current model we measure. Rest in peace.
Zero occurrences in our current-model corpora. Seeing it in fresh text suggests an old model, a cheap model, or a human joke.
model specificity: 2023–24 model generations
“Let's delve into the fascinating world of sourdough.” (2023-era)
occurrences per 10k words, measured 2026-07 (run #2: 3 current + 3 vintage models, 3 matched registers, 1,392 samples)
| current AI | vintage AI (2024/25) | humans (matched) | canon (great pre-AI prose) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pooled | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.03 |
| hn | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| cooking | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| parenting | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | |
| 0.00 | — | — |
literal: delve