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

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed ...

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

Sharp divides have seemed to define America lately—and Merriam-Webster just made it official. The famous American dictionary publisher on Monday announced that “polarization”—defined as “division into ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...