Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word’s proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more generally to mean something of little value. The definition has ...

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world ...

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Do you feel like you know Alan Carr and what he would say or do? What about Taylor Swift, or even Donald Trump? The new Cambridge Dictionary word of the year for 2025 has been revealed: "parasocial" - ...

Millions of fans relate to Taylor Swift's confessional lyrics about dating, heartbreak and desire, leading to "parasocial" bonds with stars, say psychologists "Parasocial" is the Cambridge ...

In the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 12/10/25, our expert panel returns to take our annual new words quiz ...

"Parasocial" is the Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, defined as a relationship felt by someone between themselves and a famous person they do not know. Its examples include the parasocial ...

The word refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user. A technology innovation expert says AI slop is "making its way upstream ...

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Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

The Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year for 2025 was ‘rage bait’: a term to describe “online content deliberately created to ...