After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: “slop.”
The dictionary publisher defined it as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence” and said it reflected the “absurd videos, off-kilter advertising images, cheesy propaganda, fake news that looks pretty real, junky AI-written books” that have invaded people’s social media feeds this year.
“All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again,” the company said.
Other words and phrases that stood out for Merriam-Webster’s editors were: “gerrymander,” “touch grass,” “performative,” “tariff,” “six seven” and “conclave.”
Good pick, IMO
Much better than “rage bait” or “cloud dancer“…
“Slop” was so obviously the winner. Trying to make it “rage bait” was itself rage bait.
Lol what’s a “cloud dancer”?
cloud dancer is the pantone color of the year. it’s a shade of white
And what is the significance of it?
It’s a reminder that Pantone wants a monopoly on color categorization through a proprietary system with inadequate defining/visualizing tools, that’s the significance.
I get it, 8-bit RGB isn’t enough. I’m a fan of L/a/b values from CIE D65/10 measurements myself. A sphere of black to white, red to green, and blue to yellow on each axis.
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Actual good choice.
Good choice, tbh.
“Six seven” would have been the brainless, obvious pick.
Merriam-Webster once again proving themselves way ahead of Oxford lol
All that stuff dumped on our screens, captured in just four letters: the English language came through again
Well they certainly have a way with words
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Six seven actually made it into the dictionary? That was quick,
What does it mean?
Just wait until you can get to the level of not giving a fuck…
Hehehe…
