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

All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company ...

Last year, shortly after the U.S. presidential election and amid the shifting national mood, Merriam-Webster chose the word ...

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

The newest definition of "slop" is described as "absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, cheesy propaganda, fake news ...

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary’s human editors took aim at artificial intelligence (AI) by choosing “slop” as their 2025 Word ...