Meanings
- derogatoryslanguncountablecomputingSoftware, typically of low quality, that is partially or fully generated by a large language model.
In a world of mass-produced bot-slopware, small is more beautiful than ever
2026 May 29, Liam Proven, “That an app 'Fits on a Floppy' is still a useful measure in 2026”, in The Register, archived from the original on 05 Jul 20261 more example
What’s actually happening is that these tools are — at a remarkable price — shoving a lot of stuff out the door. Is the stuff good? No. Do people like or use it? No. Does it make money? Also no. While we’ve discovered the shovelware, that’s all that LLMs have given us — “more” apps, with the vast majority being useless, insecure slopware.
2026 June 8, Ed Zitron, “AI Is Slowing Down”, in Where's Your Ed At (blog), archived from the original on 17 Aug 2026
Origin
- Old English*sloppe
- Middle English*sloppe?
- Englishslop
- Proto-West Germanic*samft(ī)
- Old Englishsōfte
- Middle Englishsofte
- Englishsoft
- Proto-Germanic*warō
- Proto-West Germanic*waru
- Old Englishwaru
- Middle Englishware
- Englishsoftwarebf.
- Englishslopware
Cite this entry
slopware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slopware
“slopware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slopware. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “slopware,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/slopware.
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