Favorite phrases of LLMs tallied across 400 stories, including Gemini Argon
A tally of 400 stories per model lists each model's recurring phrases, with Gemini Argon often using hearts hammering against ribs, reaching into coat pockets and the dark water.
LLMs don't just have favorite names. They have favorite phrases, too. (counts out of 400 stories per model) - GPT-6 Astra: catching someone’s wrist (23), “for once” (31), “make room for” (25), and “cannot promise” (10). - Meta Wonder: someone’s hands shaking (30), “smell of rain” (24), “a held breath” (36), and “on the last night” (10). - Gemini Argon: hearts hammering against ribs (14), reaching into coat pockets (10), “the dark water” (26), and “like a plucked harp string” (5). - Opus 5.5: “the color of weak tea” (8), “at two in the morning” (9), “like a held breath let go” (6), and “the first time in eleven years” (7). - Fable 5.1: “at four in the morning” (7), “the size of a thumbnail” (6), telling no one (7), and “the whole of it” (7). - DeepSeek V4.1 Flash: “her motivation was simple and stubborn” (22), “her motivation was simple and impossible” (16), “rain on hot stone” (6), and “that was enough to begin” (6). - Grok 4.7: “did not hurry” (16), “her motive was plain” (9), “warm against her palm” (9), and “no larger than a thumb” (6). - GLM-5.3: “on the last night” (15), “like a held breath released” (11), “at three in the morning” (8), and “for the first time in forty years” (6). - Kimi K3: learning someone’s name (23), “smell of rain” (23), “her motive was plain” (10), and “no larger than a tear” (8). - Qwen 3.8 Max: “her motive was simple” (19), “smell of rain” (16), “make room for” (13), and “that was enough to begin” (5).
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