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

In the announcement, Merriam-Webster said that the word slop originated in the 1700s to mean "soft mud" before the meaning ...

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

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

If a weird-looking talking cat on the internet tells you to “touch grass” in a meandering congressional district, and then performatively sings the numbers “6-7,” those are the words of 2025. “Slop,” ...

From Glassdoor's "fatigue" to Oxford Dictionary's "rage bait," the words of 2025 is reflecting a sense of exhaustion and ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

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