"AI slop is here, it's ubiquitous, it's being used by the US president, Donald Trump, and now, it's the word of the year. The Macquarie Dictionary dubbed the term the epitome of 2025 linguistics, with a committee of word experts saying the outcome embodies the word of the year's general theme of reflecting a major aspect of society or societal change throughout the year."
"We understand now in 2025 what we mean by slop AI generated slop, which lacks meaningful content or use, the committee said in a statement announcing its decision. While in recent years we've learnt to become search engineers to find meaningful information, we now need to become prompt engineers in order to wade through the AI slop. Slop in this sense will be a robust addition to English for years to come."
The Macquarie Dictionary named "AI slop" word of the year for 2025 and defined it as AI-generated content lacking meaningful content or use. A committee of word experts selected the term as epitomizing a major societal change and the year's theme of reflecting important social shifts. The designation emphasizes a shift from becoming search engineers to becoming prompt engineers to filter AI output. The shortlist included Ozempic face, blind box, ate (and left no crumbs), and Roman Empire, with honourable mentions for clankers, medical misogyny and the attention economy. The people's choice also went to AI slop.
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