Merriam-Webster names “slop” its 2025 Word of the Year, spotlighting the rise of low-quality AI-generated content flooding ...

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

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and demonstrates how technology trends shape modern language evolution.

Merriam-Webster has officially crowned ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year. The term, which originally referred to soft mud or pig food, has evolved to describe the flood of low-quality digital ...

The results of the 2024 U.S. presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the ...

The folks behind the Merriam-Webster dictionary apparently want to have some words with Santa Claus ― mostly about the names he gave some of his reindeer. The dictionary asked some hard yet hilarious ...

With the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) infiltrating our social media pages, videos, schools and more, there's one question on a lot of people's minds − is it real? As folks seek out the truth, ...

When you think of Marshawn Lynch, you should forever think about him going Beast Mode. The future Pro Football Hall of Famer went Beast Mode on one of the greatest runs in NFL history. The 2010 ...

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

AI’s impact on our social media feeds has not gone unnoticed by one of America’s top dictionaries. Amidst the onslaught of content that has swept the web over the past 12 months, Merriam-Webster ...