Culture

Books

WordPlay

Opinion

A ‘comprehensive’ guide to the ‘vital’ words that will mark you as an AI cheat

David Astle Crossword compiler and ABC Radio Melbourne presenter November 21, 2025 — 5.00pm Advertisement

As a testament to language change, let’s delve into the tapestry of modern English. By now your alarm bells should be clanging. There’s something off-key about that first sentence, but what? Maybe it’s the wonky metaphor, since delving is reserved for earth or pockets or even the past – not tapestries.

Or perhaps the glitch is tone, the prose a little purple. As a hint, let’s meet Dr Jeremy Nguyen, a senior researcher and lecturer at the Swinburne Business School, who last year sifted some 39 million citations from biomedical literature, looking for instances of

See Full Page