The NYT 's latest daily word game has launched in association with The Athletic, the New York Times property that provides ...

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AI’s impact on our social media feeds has not gone unnoticed by one of America’s top dictionaries. Amidst the onslaught of content that has swept the web over the past 12 months, Merriam-Webster ...

Merriam-Webster has selected "slop" for the dictionary company's 2025 word of the year. The leading lexicographers define slop as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity ...

Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. is a ...

As 2025 comes to a close, Merriam-Webster is marking an annual tradition. On Dec. 15, the leading expert in language announced that “slop” had earned the title of word of the year for 2025. In case ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up, toss our calendars and hope the next 12 are better. Last year, following ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief In a world of digital noise and clutter ...