Springfield-based dictionary company Merriam-Webster has announced that “Slop” is the Word of the Year for 2025.

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

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the last year.

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

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

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

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

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