US EditionMerriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'
Merriam-Webster highlights the rise of AI-generated low-quality content by naming 'slop' the 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting growing public awareness, said dictionary president.
- On Monday, Merriam‑Webster named `slop` its 2025 word of the year ahead of the public announcement, with Greg Barlow, Merriam‑Webster’s president, discussing the choice.
- Merriam‑Webster’s selection process examined rising searches, as editors chose the word after reviewing search results and usage data following a lookups spike.
- Originally a 1700s term for soft mud, `slop` now denotes low-quality digital content produced by generative AI tools, including absurd videos and junky AI-written books.
- A surge of manipulated images has prompted worries about misinformation, deepfakes and copyright after social media platforms flooded with content, including a manipulated image posted last month by Pete Hegseth, U.S. Defense Secretary.
- Merriam-Webster says searches show people want genuine content, as its president noted, coinciding with a fresh dictionary edition last month adding over 5,000 words while viral term `6-7` surged.
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‘Slop’ Is the 2025 Word of the Year. I Hope You’re Happy.
Yep, you read that right. According to Merriam-Webster, 2025’s “Word of the Year” is “slop.” Runners-up included gerrymander, performative, tariff, conclave six seven, and touch grass. The last of which is each two words strung together and not words, but I digress. Merriam-Webster chose “slop,” as in AI slop, as its 2025 word of the year. “We define slop as ‘digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artific…
‘Slop’: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year criticizes junk content created by artificial intelligence
Merriam-Webster, the publishing house behind the leading English dictionary in the United States, has chosen “slop” as its word of the year for 2025. In the current cultural context, the term is used to describe low-quality digital content produced en masse using artificial intelligence.Seguir leyendo
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