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as in dirt
slops plural
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
cleaned the slops out of the cow barn
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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
that songwriter turns out nothing but slop, and record buyers eat it up
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Recent Examples of slop
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
If that seems a bit too spicy, simply brown your ground beef, slop a heaping helping on some Texas toast, and pile on some Cheddar cheese.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
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Noun
These slop feeds, of course, are full of their own problems.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025
Videos made with OpenAI's Sora app are flooding TikTok, Instagram Reels and other platforms, making people increasingly familiar — and fed up — with nearly unavoidable synthetic footage being pumped out by what amounts to an artificial intelligence slop machine.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
Tkachuk happily obliged, raising the Cup and slopping its chilly contents (Bud Light and Michelob Ultra) over the railing onto open-mouthed fans below.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 25 June 2024
If that seems a bit too spicy, simply brown your ground beef, slop a heaping helping on some Texas toast, and pile on some Cheddar cheese.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slop
Noun
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This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.—
Andrea Tamayo,
Scientific American,
23 Oct. 2025
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Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Maybe this was not just White House dirt but Roosevelt-era dirt.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
25 Oct. 2025
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The vacuum can effectively suck up dirt, debris, and pet hair from all floor types, including hard floors, carpets, and area rugs.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.—
Moisés Naím,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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Wait for the cheese to turn golden brown before taking this dish out of the oven.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
26 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This American remake of the South Korean drama Il Mare is romantic goo that’s relatively easy to resist, and its ruminations on fate, love, destiny, and luck are all pretty standard for the genre.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 Oct. 2025
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Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The chairman claimed his words had been taken out of context, but his comments were splashed across the back of the newspapers and caused a storm of controversy.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Avdija capped off the incendiary 12 minutes by splashing his fourth trey of the half to give the Blazers a 69-56 halftime lead.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There are other predators just waiting to devour us.—
Bea L. Hines,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Angelo’s is the lunch stop and Strowman devoured ribs, brisket and more smoked meats, restaurant owner Jason George told the Star-Telegram.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That includes farmers who have had sludge from water treatment plants spread on their land containing PFAS, fire departments, airports and municipalities, people who own land that was polluted by PFAS originating from another nearby property or waste facilities that accepted PFAS.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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After Netflix’s Adolescence directed mainstream attention to the toxic sludge awaiting young men online, Rekt drives the point home in the most disturbing ways.—
Neil McRobert,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
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Orchids are heavy feeders, and their soil alone won't provide enough nutrients for them.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Add compost to the soil to provide organic matter and improve soil structure.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Slop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slop. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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