-slop

suffix

Denotes something of low-quality or low-effort.

OriginEnglish slop ← Middle English *sloppe? ← Old English *sloppe →
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Meanings

suffix-slop (noun-forming suffix, uncountable)
  1. InternetderogatoryuncountableDenotes something of low-quality or low-effort.
  2. InternetderogatoryproscribedsometimesuncountableDenotes an attribute of, or association to, something which is undesirable, or is seen as desirable but should not be.

Origin

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

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

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APA

-slop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-slop

MLA

“-slop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-slop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-slop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-slop.

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