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As 2025 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster is marking an annual tradition. On Dec. 15, the leading expert in language announced that “slop” had earned the title of word of the year for 2025.

Today Merriam-Webster announced the 2025 Word of the Year: slop. Slop is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.” ...

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