"Slop" Named 2025 Word of the Year by American Dialect Society for AI-Generated Content
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Summary
The American Dialect Society selected "slop" as the 2025 Word of the Year, recognizing its widespread use to describe low-quality, high-quantity content typically produced by generative AI. The word was chosen by over 300 attendees at the society's 36th annual vote during the Linguistic Society of America's annual meeting. While "AI slop" was a nominee in 2024, in 2025 "slop" could stand on its own as a term for AI-generated content that's often low-quality and produced in large quantities.
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The word slop was recognized for its widespread use for low-quality, high-quantity content, most typically produced by generative AI.
While AI slop was a nominee in the American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year vote, in 2025 slop could stand on its own, with the AI context often implied.
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