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 ...

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

“Slop” is the new Merriam-Webster word of the year, thanks to the flood of low-quality artificial intelligence images and ...

'Slop' Is Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year as AI Content Floods the Internet ...

Runners up included "gerrymander," "touch grass," "performative" and "tariff." ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the last year.

The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022.

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

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 ...

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...