A Perfectly Normal Phrase Is Now Unusable Because It Sounds Like AI Slop
StewartalsopIII · x · 2026-10-03
Stewart Alsop III notes that you can no longer write "it's not that thing, but the other thing" in good company because the phrasing is now associated with AI slop — just four years ago it was a perfectly normal expression. A snapshot of how generative AI is reshaping everyday language norms.
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