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.

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

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

After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: Slop ...

Slop is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence," Merriam-Webster said.