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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.

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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.

The ban may keep some children out, but it does nothing to fix the harmful architecture awaiting them when they return.

Some people might describe 2025 as "sloppy" in more ways than one. Merriam-Webster's editors picked “slop” as the 2025 Word ...