Each year, the famous Merriam-Webster dictionary picks a special "Word of the Year". But what does this actually mean? It isn't just a random word chosen from a hat. Instead, it is a word that many ...

So much so that Merriam-Webster announced it as the dictionary's 2025 Word of the Year. Slop is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial ...

“Slop” is the new Merriam-Webster word of the year, thanks to the flood of low-quality artificial intelligence images and videos pumping through the veins of the internet. The word’s origin is in the ...

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...

Merriam-Webster, one of US‘ oldest and most respected dictionaries, has named “slop” as its word of the year for 2025, citing its widespread use as a term that captures the cultural moment amid the ...

Slop" was named Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting a surge in low-quality, mass-produced AI content. The choice mirrors public reaction to generative AI, as people encountered a flood ...

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it happens, is also one of the 194-year-old dictionary's top words of 2025. "We ...

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Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it ...