The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

"Slop," which refers to creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content, has landed the title of Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

To select its Word of the Year, Merriam-Webster’s editors review data on which words rose in search volume and usage, then ...

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with ...

If you worked as a typist for Merriam-Webster in the pre-internet era, one of your tasks would have been typing out every ...

The dictionary has selected one word every year since 2003 to capture and make sense of the current moment. Here’s ...

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its word of the year for 2025, and that is correct because AI trash is everywhere. The post ...

From ‘rage bait’ to ‘parasocial’ to ‘vibe coding,’ 2025’s picks trace an internet-era feeling of exhaustion, skepticism — and figuring out what’s real ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years.