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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’

Technology and ScienceBy Emma Roth12/15/20251 min read

Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 - and that word is "slop." The dictionary-maker defines "slop" as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence," something that many people …

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