I'm relieved Merriam-Webster chose \"slop\" as the word of the year! <\/p>
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.<\/p>
It's an obvious and fitting choice. Jess & I also both chose it. <\/p>
I love how it's used to make so many other words:<\/p>
\u2014 slopaganda
\u2014 sloperations
\u2014 slopographers
\u2014 sloptimists<\/p>
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\u2014 sloperations
\u2014 slopographers
\u2014 sloptimists<\/p>