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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'
Merriam-Webster highlights the rise of AI-generated low-quality content by naming 'slop' the 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting growing public awareness, said dictionary president.
- On Monday, Merriam‑Webster named `slop` its 2025 word of the year ahead of the public announcement, with Greg Barlow, Merriam‑Webster’s president, discussing the choice.
- Merriam‑Webster’s selection process examined rising searches, as editors chose the word after reviewing search results and usage data following a lookups spike.
- Originally a 1700s term for soft mud, `slop` now denotes low-quality digital content produced by generative AI tools, including absurd videos and junky AI-written books.
- A surge of manipulated images has prompted worries about misinformation, deepfakes and copyright after social media platforms flooded with content, including a manipulated image posted last month by Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary.
- Merriam-Webster says searches show people want genuine content, as its president noted, coinciding with a fresh dictionary edition last month adding over 5,000 words while viral term `6-7` surged.
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The compilers of the American explanatory dictionary Merriam-Webster chose “slop” as the word of the year 2025, which literally means “slop” in Russian.
·Riga, Latvia
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Behold, Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year
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, the AP reports. "It's such an illustrative word," said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster's president, in an exclusive interview...
·Miami, United States
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