Dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster cited ‘absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, (and) cheesy propaganda’ flooding ...

Speaking of trends (and other things possibly not fit for human consumption), slop isn’t the only word on the list for top ...

Merriam-Webster, the US publisher of some of the world’s best-known encyclopedias, has named “ slop ” the word of the year for 2025.

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

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

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

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define ...

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

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

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 ...

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