Dictionary maker Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is ‘slop’ 世間にあふれる出来の悪い「slop」 米メリアム・ウェブスター辞典の「今年の言葉」に
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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 Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year on Dec. 15.
“It’s such an illustrative word,” said Greg Barlow,...