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

By ANNA FURMAN

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year.

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