Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'

https://apnews.com/article/merriam-webster-dictionary-word-year-2025-slop-2dffb2379cac6001aa30e148669e3393

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OpenStars@piefed.social · 7 pts · 258d (5 replies)

How is this entry so far down in the list?

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The article says that "[that phrase] is kind of skibidi."

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 258d (4 replies)
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OpenStars@piefed.social · 3 pts · 258d (3 replies)

TIL about the word "sloptuber". Btw by using that word, you increased the number of times it has been used on the Threadiverse by +50%. :-P (and I will now increase that +33%)

No cap + rizz.

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 258d (2 replies)
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OpenStars@piefed.social · 2 pts · 257d (1 reply)

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(Wait... isn't that "no cap"? By asking, I may have just broken the coolness of the trend, and I am okay with that.)

lvxferre@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 257d
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ddsfaas@crust.piefed.social · 5 pts · 258d
ddsfaas@crust.piefed.social · 3 pts · 258d
InvalidName2@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 258d

Ah, so this could be why all of a sudden, like in the past several days or so, that word is showing up super frequently on Lemmy (and elsewhere). I kind of assumed it wasn't by coincidence. So interesting to see how these things become a life imitating art versus art imitating life situation.