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"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

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

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Slop,” a term used to describe low-quality digital content, has been named word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary ...

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A growing surge of fake or weird content online often called ‘slop’ has been named Word of the Year 2025. The Merriam-Webster ...

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

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