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 0.26 — 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 2026-07 (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 | 10.46 | 13.84 | 4.01 | 2.68 |
| hn | 6.39 | — | 2.62 | |
| cooking | 16.98 | — | 7.02 | |
| parenting | 13.17 | — | 4.11 | |
| 3.26 | — | — |
literal: especially