11 hours ago · After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: “slop.” The dictionary publisher defined it as …

14 hours ago · "Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year.

10 hours ago · As 2025 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster is marking an annual tradition. On Dec. 15, the leading expert in language announced that “slop” had earned the title of word of …

19 hours ago · Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

7 hours ago · Merriam-Webster has named 'slop,' as in digital content made in large quantity by AI, as its 2025 word of the year.

3 hours ago · After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

10 hours ago · The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative AI, landed it Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year.

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4 hours ago · Amidst the onslaught of content that has swept the web over the past twelve months, Merriam-Webster announced Sunday that its word of the year for 2025 is “slop.”

5 hours ago · Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year. The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital …