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Merriam-Webster picks “slop” as word of the year

Rob Beschizza
Dec 17, 2025
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Slop, referring to polished but uncanny, derivative or mediocre AI-generated content, is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. The top U.S. English dictionary chose the term to reflect what website users search the most.

Here’s its definition: “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.”

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