Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called “slop.” The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the ...

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 generally to mean something of little value.

One photo of President Donald Trump leaning on a walker has been seen by millions of people online-but it never happened. The ...