Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the last year.

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years.

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

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year is "slop," spotlighting AI-generated content that’s fluent, scalable—and increasingly ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the ...

In a year dominated by the booming AI industry and an overwhelming flood of digital creations, Merriam-Webster has crowned "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year. This four-letter word acts as a judgment ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

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