After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

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

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Kirk was answering a question about mass shootings during a debate with an attendee during an event at a Utah college right before he was shot Sept. 10, 2025. These posts accurately described Kirk's ...