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

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Lake Char­gog­ga­gogg­man­chaug­ga­gogg­chau­bu­na­gun­ga­maugg, and people who looked it up online, had Merriam-Webster flummoxed.

The newest definition of "slop" is described as "absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, cheesy propaganda, fake news ...

Webster, which reflects one of 2025's main sources of concern: the proliferation of AI and our way of consuming low quality ...

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Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year The definition of "slop" from Merriam-Webster.com. Springfield, MA, Dec. 15, 2025 ...

Merriam-Webster's editors picked “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year, the Springfield, Massachusetts-based company announced ...

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.