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

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

Runners up included "gerrymander," "touch grass," "performative" and "tariff." ...

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

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 ...

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

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

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

In a move likely unsurprising to regular readers of this fine publication, Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'Slop' (via ...

Merriam-Webster declared 'slop' its 2025 Word of the Year, highlighting the internet's AI-driven content overload. This term ...