tortured phrase

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A nonsensical phrase created by replacing words with synonyms in order to disguise plagiarism, typically as a result of "text spinning" neologism
  2. [2026 February 18, Cabanac, Guillaume (quotation), “Correction to a retraction highlights tortured phrases have been around longer than LLMs”, in Retraction Watch
    — Our study introduces the concept of tortured phrases: unexpected weird phrases in lieu of established ones, such as ‘counterfeit consciousness’ instead of ‘artificial intelligence.’
  3. [2026 February 18, Cabanac, Guillaume (quotation), “Correction to a retraction highlights tortured phrases have been around longer than LLMs”, in Retraction Watch: ‘Tortured phrases are produced by ‘text spinners’: online websites running a basic algorithm that replaces some words with synonyms, using a thesaurus.’]; ‘Tortured phrases are produced by ‘text spinners’: online websites running a basic algorithm that replaces some words with synonyms, using a thesaurus.’]
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tortured, phrase.

词形变化

tortured phrases plural

词源

Coined in a 2021 paper by Cabanac et al. (see first quotation).
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