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

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...

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

Last year, shortly after the U.S. presidential election and amid the shifting national mood, Merriam-Webster chose the word ...

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

In a year dominated by the booming AI industry and an overwhelming flood of digital creations, Merriam-Webster has crowned "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year. This four-letter word acts as a judgment ...

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the ...

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year is "slop," spotlighting AI-generated content that’s fluent, scalable—and increasingly ...

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