Merriam-Webster, the company behind the essential dictionary, has revealed its word of the year for 2025. Its selections for the past few years obviously reflect the biggest issues and events of that time period, including (in reverse chronological order) polarization, authentic, gaslighting, vaccine, and pandemic. This year’s choice is no different.
Merriem-Webster’s word of the year for 2025 is “slop,” alluding to the rise in “AI slop.” The company’s X post announcing this choice emphasizes the apparent condemnation of AI, saying: “Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.” Check out the post below:
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.