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Merriam-Webster has settled on a word that represents 2025 — and that word is “slop.” The dictionary-maker defines “slop” as ...

“Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the ...

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