Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For a Word of the Year, this selection might be kind of so-so. Or it might be completely meaningless. Welcome to the slang term ...

Teenagers are likely to be the most familiar with the 2025 Word of the Year. Dictionary.com announced Wednesday that the slang term “67” has been chosen for the honor, which is meant to reflect “the ...

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 ...

Slop" was named Merriam-Webster’s 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting a surge in low-quality, mass-produced AI content. The choice mirrors public reaction to generative AI, as people encountered a flood ...

Merriam-Webster just announced in a post that its “human editors” have chosen “slop” as the 2025 Word of the Year. The dictionary’s official definition of the word is “digital content of low quality ...

For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as anticipated as mince pies. The words of the year aren't just a fun peek into ...