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“Slop” also rose to the top of the #WOTY list at the American Dialect Society. It was already on the radar in 2024, nominated (as AI slop) for Digital Word of the Year. It lost that year to "brain rot," but it was gaining ground.
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That Word Chat Jan 13

The annual #WOTY selections are a way for dictionaries to boost PR, but they rarely agree on what that one word should be. But for 2025, many organizations converged on a single word: slop.
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That Word Chat Jan 13

We’re live with our all-star #WOTY panel! Ready to dive into the words that shaped 2025?

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Cara Sutra Jan 13

I’ve never chosen a word of the year before, but I've seen others talk about it and it inspired me to try.

After thinking on it for several days, my word for 2026 is patience.

Something I struggle with. Something I need to learn, and am being forced to learn. A difficult lesson, but ultimately a life-changing and beneficial one.

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That Word Chat Jan 12

Tomorrow is That Word Chat’s annual #WordOfTheYear show! We’ll be breaking down the words of 2025 (slop, rage bait, parasocial, vibe coding…).

Grab your virtual seat: ThatWordChat.com

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Wordorigins.org Jan 10

"slop": 2025 ADS Word of the Year

https://www.wordorigins.org/harmless-drudge/ads-2025-word-of-the-year-woty

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ADS 2025 Word of the Year (WOTY) — Wordorigins.org

10 January 2026 The American Dialect Society’s (ADS’s) selection for its 2025 Word of the Year (WOTY) is slop , that is “low-quality, high-quantity content, most typically produced by generative AI; also as a combining form for anything lacking valued produced in mass quantities.” It’s seen in wor

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Licia Corbolante (@terminologia)Jan 10

➜ bsky.app/profile/term... #WOTY

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ibsukchdatsofp3z3bdlbw5g/post/3ma2oj6pwpc2z

Licia Corbolante (@terminologia)Jan 10

Anche per l’American Dialect Society la parola del 2025 è “slop”: contenuti di infima qualità prodotti in quantità da intelligenza artificiale generativa americandialect.org/wp-content/u... #WOTY Ho descritto la rilevanza della parola #slop al programma “La lingua batte” di RAI Radio 3 ➜

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:owiyppq7z6eyc2gg2oqvfmqk/post/3mc2l7hebpk26

That Word Chat Jan 7

Our annual #WOTY episode is back! We’re assembling an all-star team of lexicographers, including:

• Kelly Wright (American Dialect Society)
• Ben Zimmer (American Dialect Society)
• Fiona McPherson (Oxford English Dictionary)
• Peter Sokolowski (Merriam-Webster)
• Lynne Murphy (University of Sussex)
• John Kelly (Mashed Radish)

Jan 13 | 4:30pm ET
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