For the first time in more than 20 years, Merriam-Webster is out with a new edition of its "Collegiate Dictionary." The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds.

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When Merriam-Webster announced its Word of the Year was "slop," it made sense - at least from the perspective of someone who reports on the ins and outs of social media.

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A lake in Massachusetts nearly claimed a rare language honor. Merriam-Webster named "slop" as its word of the year for 2025 this week, but editors also gave a special honor to a local name that has ...

After a full year of hectic news, original trends and nonstop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word: “slop.” On Dec. 15, Merriam-Webster announced “slop” as the 2025 Word of ...

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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.