Travis Kelce and Denzel Washington may be some of the most recognizable figures out there, but it’s likely you still don’t ...

For better or worse, the internet has launched so many people into the spotlight that it would be impossible to remember them ...

For better or worse, the internet has launched so many people into the spotlight that it would be impossible to remember them ...

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Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. Some of the most popular spots on the web battled an influx of AI-generated slop throughout 2025. is a ...

The internet is drowning in content that looks like content but feels like chewing cardboard — tasteless, textureless, and suspiciously repetitive. Welcome to the slopocalypse. Slop Isn’t a Bug. It’s ...

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On the evening before Thanksgiving, the president of the United States took to his social media platform to claim in a lengthy screed that immigration was destroying the country. In one spurious ...

Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years. Extremely unsurprisingly, the famous and venerable publisher of dictionaries and other reference ...

“Slop,” a term used to describe low-quality digital content, has been named word of the year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary. The dictionary defines slop as “digital content of low quality that is ...

Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop." The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it the ...