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

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

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

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

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

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