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AI slop is Macquarie’s 2025 Word of the Year. I applaud the choice – but was bored by the shortlist

By Roslyn Petelin, Honorary Associate Professor in Writing, The University of Queensland

AI slop was the clear winner of Macquarie’s Word of the Year – it also won the People’s Choice Award. Honourable mentions included another AI-related word: clanker.

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