Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...
In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...
Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...
The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...
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.