Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with ...

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

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

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the ...

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

Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 — and that word is “slop.” The dictionary-maker defines “slop” as ...

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

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years.

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...

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 ...