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

Merriam-Webster has crowned “slop” as its 2025 Word of the Year, officially giving linguistic validation to the collective ...

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

Oxford Dictionary went with “rage bait” as its ‘word of the year’ – a term that describes deliberately divisive content.

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

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years.

The newest definition of "slop" is described as "absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, cheesy propaganda, fake news ...