Etymology

slopware

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Today it means: Software, typically of low quality, that is partially or fully generated by a large language model. Full definition →

English softwarebf. ← Middle English ware ← Old English waru
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The story

  1. Old English*sloppe
  2. Middle English*sloppe?
  3. Englishslop
  4. Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
  5. Old Englishsōfte
  6. Middle Englishsofte
  7. Englishsoft
  8. Proto-Germanic*warō
  9. Proto-West Germanic*waru
  10. Old Englishwaru
  11. Middle Englishware
  12. Englishsoftwarebf.
  13. English todayslopware

From slop + -ware.

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