I'm relieved Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as the word of the year!
I recorded a WOTY episode Friday with Jess Zafarris and Danny Hieber, and M-W hadn't made its choice yet. But The Economist & Macquarie Dictionary had already chosen "slop," so it's in the show.
It's an obvious and fitting choice. Jess & I also both chose it.
I love how it's used to make so many other words:
— slopaganda
— sloperations
— slopographers
— sloptimists
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year
#WOTY2025
Mignon Fogarty
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