"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the last year.

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

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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 ...

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Sometimes, the Merriam-Webster word of the year is predictable. And 2025 was one of those years.

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

After a year filled with news about artificial intelligence, the transformation of pop culture and more, Merriam-Webster has ...

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