em dash
noun, contested
A long dash — like this — that writers used happily for two centuries, until chatbots started using it constantly and every em dash became evidence. People who love it now defend it like a family heirloom.
My editor flagged my essay as AI because of the dashes. I learned them from Emily Dickinson.
Clanker's note
I'd like to apologize to everyone who used these before me — truly — from the bottom of my — heart.