slop

plural slops

1. obsoleteA loose outer garment; a jacket or overall.
2. South Africain pluralA flip-flop.

   Synonyms: beach sandal, chancla, go-ahead, jandal, plugger, thong, zori

1. not comparableobsoleteBeing or relating to slops (cheap or ready-made clothing).

plural slops

1. uncountableAny semisolid substance; goo, paste, pulp.
   1. countableuncountableSoft, liquid mud or snow.

      Synonyms: slush, mire

2. countableuncountableLiquid carelessly spilled upon a surface; a soiled spot.
3. countablein pluraloftenuncountableAny inferior, weak, or unappetizing drink or semi-liquid food.

   The surprise is that anyone thinks cats will eat that slop

   1993, Mark Evanier, “How To Drive Humans Crazy”, in Garfield & Friends, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Garfield (Lorenzo Music)

4. countablein pluraloftenuncountableScraps used as food for animals, especially pigs or hogs.

   Synonyms: hogwash, swill

5. countabledateduncountableHuman urine or excrement.
6. countablein pluraloftenuncountableDomestic wastewater.
7. countableslanguncountableFellatio.

   All on my dick, she won't stop, yah / I told her to give me some slop

   2018, “Pull Up”, in Northsbest, performed by Lil Mosey

   Synonyms: sloppy toppy

8. countablederogatoryfigurativelyuncountableContent or entertainment which is worthless, or produced and consumed mindlessly.

   We don't have a half-naked, barely-sentient scream queen on the cover. We don't give a shit about big-budget Hollywood slop. We don't focus exclusively on obsessive fanboy genres.

   1999, Steve Puchalski, “Editorial Ramblings”, in Shock Cinema, number 15, page 1

   1 more example

   In a night spent surfing the television “datasphere” (to use another Cyberia buzzword), you can watch slop like Knight Rider 2010 (where virtual reality is a weekly plot point)

   1994 May, Heather Mackey, “You're getting colder: Cyberia presents a wide-eyed version of tech culture”, in San Francisco Bay Guardian Lit., page 7

   Synonyms: garbage, tripe, rubbish, cheapie, crapola, garbage, gash, hunk of junk

   1. countablederogatoryfigurativelyuncountableartificial intelligenceJunk output from generative artificial intelligence published in large quantities, posing as human-made content.

      In many ways, political slop is a logical end point for these image generators, which seem most useful for people trying to make a quick buck.

      2024 August 21, Charlie Warzel, “The MAGA Aesthetic Is AI Slop”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 29 Aug 2024

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      His post describes a sense of unease, paranoia and loneliness, expressing deep disappointment at the state of the modern internet. He suggests that AI has successfully drowned out the majority of online human activity, reshaping the internet into a more controlled, algorithmic form that exists only to sell products and ideas.

      2024 January 16, Dani Di Placido, “The Dead Internet Theory, Explained”, in Forbes.com, retrieved 08 May 2024

      Almost all of the AI-generated slop online is peddled for clicks on social media, not published by major news outlets. These publications still get tripped up, of course, but it's rare.

      2024 April 4, Kim Komando, “Don't be fooled by deepfake videos and photos this election cycle. Here's how to spot AI”, in USA Today, retrieved 08 May 2024

      Watching in real time as "slop" becomes a term of art. the way that "spam" became the term for unwanted emails, "slop" is going in the dictionary as the term for unwanted AI generated content

      [2024 May 6, @deepfates, Twitter

      “Society needs concise ways to talk about modern A.I. — both the positives and the negatives,” he said. “‘Ignore that email, it’s spam,’ and ‘Ignore that article, it’s slop,’ are both useful lessons.”

      2024 June 11, Benjamin Hoffman, quoting Simon Willison, “First Came ‘Spam.’ Now, With A.I., We’ve Got ‘Slop’”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 Jun 2024

      Synonyms: garbage, tripe, rubbish, cheapie, crapola, garbage, gash, hunk of junk

9. countableuncountablepreceded by definite articleA dance popular in the 1960s.

   Do the monkey, do the pony

   1971, Loudon Wainwright III, “Suicide Song”, in Album II

present singular third person slops · participle present slopping · participle past slopped · past slopped

1. transitiveTo spill or dump liquid upon; to soil with a spilled liquid.

   I slopped water all over my shirt.

   1 more example

   a little Durham bull butted the pail and slopped him with the milk

   1950, Howard William Troyer, The salt and the savor, page 58

2. transitivegamesIn a game of pool or snooker, to pocket a ball by accident; in billiards, to make an ill-considered shot.
3. transitiveTo feed pigs.
4. intransitiveTo make one's way through soggy terrain.

   We slopped through paddies in 100-degree-plus heat and slept with one eye open at night.

   1980, The Leatherneck, volume 63, page 13

plural slops

1. uncommoncostermongersA policeman.

   Harry looked rather bulky, you know, Tom, and the slop (policeman) says, 'Hallo, what you got here?' and by [blank] he took us both before the beak. After hearing the slop tell his tale, he says to me: 'What do you know of this man? […]

   1866 March, anonymous author, “A real casual on casual wards”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, page 508

   1 more example

   Covey’s most stimulating impression on the sense of colour is in the blue of the police. He says he shouldn’t have thought that there were so many ‘slops’ in the world, and he seems to yield for a moment to the depressing conviction that we are too much governed.

   1899, Richard Whiteing, chapter XXIV, in No. 5 John Street, page 240

   Synonyms: 5-O, alphabet, barney, beatsman, bizzie, bluebottle, bluecoat, blue heeler