In a year dominated by the booming AI industry and an overwhelming flood of digital creations, Merriam-Webster has crowned "slop" as its 2025 Word of the Year. This four-letter word acts as a judgment ...
To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...
The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.
"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.
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.
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