Speaking from his home in Washington, D.C., Fatsis reflects on the thousands of words that were added to the lexicon in 2025, ...

How do new words like “safe space,” “dogpile,” and “alt-right” make it into the dictionary? Journalist Stefan Fatsis finds ...

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For the first time in more than 20 years, Merriam-Webster is out with a new edition of its “Collegiate Dictionary.” The 12th Edition includes some 5,000 new words and weighs almost five pounds. WBUR’s ...

We saw it on our phones. We ate it in our bowls. This year, “slop” was everywhere. It was so ubiquitous that it’s been named Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Merriam-Webster, the oldest dictionary ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence (AI), landed it ...

Dictionary picks slang for junk AI content as defining term amid digital surge Merriam-Webster has chosen 'slop' as its 2025 Word of the Year, a linguistic reflection of the growing prevalence of ...

Like most tools, generative AI models can be misused. And when the misuse gets bad enough that a major dictionary notices, you know it has become a cultural phenomenon. On Sunday, Merriam-Webster ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...

Runners up included "gerrymander," "touch grass," "performative" and "tariff." It's messy, it's meaningless and it's everywhere: "slop" has been crowned as Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year. The ...

Merriam-Webster has named the word “slop” as its 2025 World of the Year, reflecting the crises of modern age characterized by deepfakes, post-truth, and bogus online content generated by AI. As per ...