The Merriam-Webster Dictionary named the term "slop" the word of the year.
On December 14, the American Merriam-Webster Dictionary chose the term "slop" as the word of 2025, which refers to massive low-quality content created by artificial intelligence (AI).
"The editors of Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as the word of the year 2025. We define this word as "low—quality digital content that is usually produced in large quantities using artificial intelligence," according to a publication on the dictionary's website.
As explained in the dictionary, "slop" refers to absurd videos, ridiculous advertising images, fake news and other low-grade media products generated by AI.
It is noted that the word originated in the XVIII century and originally meant slush and mud, later it began to mean slop and garbage in general. Among other popular search queries this year, Merriam-Webster highlights terms such as "manipulation of electoral districts" (gerrymander), "touch grass" (touch grass), "ostentatious" (performative) and "tariff" (tariff).
Earlier, on November 18, the Cambridge Dictionary named the adjective "parasocial" the word of the year 2025. "Parasocial" is an adjective describing a one—sided emotional connection that a person experiences with someone they don't know personally. These can be, for example, characters from a book, movie, TV series, and others. With the recent spread of the formation of an emotional connection on the Web, including when communicating with artificial intelligence (AI), the word is experiencing a new round, the university notes.
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