hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words)
Aibohphobia (fear of palindrome)
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Is that an em-dash?
Idk what em dash means. The AI use — this in replies often. So it would be ironic if it is in the phobia name.
It is an em-dash. So it's like George says "That should be techno" and has the random thoughts of "phobia".
And, yep, the LLMs use them incorrectly too. ChatGPT notoriously.
I just learnt the difference, an em-dash is as long as an m and used for other things than the shorter en-dash (as long as an n).
Em-dashes are more common in literature, which a lot of AI is trained on, rather than online speak where it's annoying and difficult to notice the difference between - and — (and not to be confused with –).
I wouldn't even know how to type them, my keyboard only has the - dash.
On Linux you can set a compose key, press it and then do 3 consecutive dashes (---) for an m-dash, and 2 consecutive dashes with a dot at the end (--.) for an n-dash.
what about Alt+-?
Not on my Windows machine.