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

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.

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

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

A growing surge of fake or weird content online often called ‘slop’ has been named Word of the Year 2025. The Merriam-Webster ...

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

Springfield-based dictionary company Merriam-Webster has announced that “Slop” is the Word of the Year for 2025.

Merriam-Webster has chosen "slop" as its buzzword for the year. The US dictionary publisher says the word reflects a growing ...

Merriam-Webster, the publishing house behind the leading English dictionary in the United States, has chosen “slop” as its ...