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Policy2026-09-25 · source-backed
Primary school children use it for knock-off goods, exaggerated claims, parental excuses and robotic-seeming people, roughly the way older kids use "bullshit." Language Log picked it up as "AI is the new cringe." (The Guardian) For anyone naming a consumer product, the brand word itself is becoming a pejorative with the next cohort of users. I have kids. I've heard this one at my own dinner table.
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