After yet another year of high-profile news stories and internet trends, Merriam-Webster has chosen one word to sum up 2025: Slop. The dictionary publisher defined it as "digital content of low ...

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 the ...

The absence of war. Quiet time after the kids go to bed. Surf hitting sand at the beach. The word evokes multiple moods and meanings. A couple of weeks ago, it made headlines as Oxford University ...

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 ...

It’s fitting that the Oxford University Press' 2025 word of the year is “rage bait,” because I’m convinced that’s the only way to describe the trend predictions for next year. Then a Business Insider ...