Etymology

-slop

Today it means: Denotes something of low-quality or low-effort. Full definition →

English slop ← Middle English *sloppe? ← Old English *sloppe
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  1. Old Englishslyppe
  2. Old English*sloppe
  3. Middle English*sloppe?
  4. Englishslop
  5. English today-slop

Back-formation from slop (“content produced and consumed mindlessly; low-quality food; [from 2024] junk output from generative AI”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.