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 ...

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Webster, America's oldest dictionary publisher, picked "slop" as 2025's word and say it helped define the year overall.

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Four little letters capture the tsunami of low-quality content inundating online life and corroding reality in 2025: "slop." ...

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Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative mixed into fentanyl, has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

The shift towards hijacking culture and the new focus on 'how' creative work is done to make brands part of the cultural ...

There’s a shift towards hijacking culture.... This year, the ‘how’ is what’s remembered, shared, and, ultimately, makes ...

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

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