The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

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

Merriam-Webster has revealed “Slop” as its Word of the Year for 2025, highlighting a term that surged in usage online over ...

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company ...

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 — and that word is “slop.” The dictionary-maker defines “slop” as ...

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.

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