The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

For some, dictionaries are more than writing tools. They are doorways to discoveries.

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

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

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its word of the year for 2025, and that is correct because AI trash is everywhere. The post ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

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