In a move likely unsurprising to regular readers of this fine publication, Merriam-Webster's word of the year is 'Slop' (via ...

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

A lake in Massachusetts nearly claimed a rare language honor. Merriam-Webster named "slop" as its word of the year for 2025 ...

"Slop" is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2025, meaning more people than ever need to "touch grass," which, as it ...

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

Oxford Dictionary went with “rage bait” as its ‘word of the year’ – a term that describes deliberately divisive content. Meanwhile Collins Dictionary’s pick was “vibe coding”, a term coined by AI ...

Slop is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence," ...

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

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

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