Community & Business
25 November, 2025
Macquarie Dictionary has announced its Words of the Year for 2025
The Committee’s and PEOPLE'S CHOICE Word of the Year for 2025 is: AI SLOP
AI Slop means: Colloquial low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors, and not requested by the user.
‘We understand now in 2025 what we mean by slop -- AI generated slop, which lacks meaningful content or use. While in recent years we’ve learnt to become search engineers to find meaningful information, we now need to become prompt engineers in order to wade through the AI slop. Slop in this sense will be a robust addition to English for years to come. The question is - are the people ingesting and regurgitating this content soon to be called AI sloppers?’ – THE COMMITTEE
Honourable mentions were also given to:
CLANKER: Colloquial (usually derogatory) an artificial intelligence-driven robot which completes tasks that are normally performed by a human.
MEDICAL MISOGYNY: entrenched prejudice against females in the context of medical treatment and knowledge, especially in the area of reproductive health.
ATTENTION ECONOMY: noun an economy in which human attention is treated as a major commodity, especially in advertising.
"Both the Committee’s Choice and People’s Choice winning words are chosen from the list of new entries and senses that are included in the annual update of the Macquarie Dictionary Online. The People’s Choice Word of the Year 2025 was selected from the public votes cast on the Macquarie Dictionary website. Members of the public were invited to select their top three words from the shortlist."
