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> Relatedly, tech words have been big winners in the WOTY (word of the year) category this year. Macquarie Dictionary already beat out Merriam-Webster to make “AI slop” its annual term, while Oxford Dictionary chose “ragebait.” Collins Dictionary went with “vibe coding.”
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/merriam-webster-names-slop-the-word-of-the-year/
#TechWords #SlopAI #VibeCoding #RageBait
Merriam-Webster names 'slop' the word of the year | TechCrunch

AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took note.

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> “Like slime, sludge, and muck, slop has the wet sound of something you don’t want to touch. Slop oozes into everything,” the dictionary writes, adding that, in an age of AI anxiety, it is a term designed to communicate “a tone that’s less fearful, more mocking” of the technology.

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/15/merriam-webster-names-slop-the-word-of-the-year/
#AISlop #AISalami #TechWords
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Merriam-Webster names 'slop' the word of the year | TechCrunch

AI-generated content has dominated the internet over the past year, and America's dictionary took note.

TechCrunch