Merriam Webster named “slop” its 2025 word of the year, reflecting the surge of low quality AI generated content online. The ...

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

"It’s such an illustrative word,” Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster’s president, told The Associated Press ahead of Monday’s announcement. “It’s part of a transformative technology, AI, and it’s something ...

The word "slop" was first used to refer to soft mud in the 1700s, but has since evolved to mean of little value — especially when referring to online content of low quality that's made with artificial ...

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In a year dominated by the booming AI industry and an overwhelming flood of digital creations, Merriam-Webster has crowned "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year. This four-letter word acts as a judgment ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...