"Likewise, many other dictionaries were required to update their definition of the word to reflect its use as a byword for computer-generated "sloppy" content. Workslop is a nice work-oriented pun on both AI slop content and in-office workshopping, defined as low-quality AI-produced work that proves so shoddily made that it only creates more work for the rest of the team."
"Spamming employers and recruitment websites with hundreds of copies of your résumé in the hopes of securing more interviews became known as spamplication this year. The growing adoption of AI not only made this possible in 2025, it also streamlined the résumé-writing and cover letter-writing process-but in the process, made the act of hiring staff and filtering applications more time-consuming for employers."
Workplace jargon in 2025 reflected growing AI integration and changing work patterns. Merriam-Webster named slop Word of the Year, defining it as "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence." Workslop describes low-quality AI-produced work that creates extra tasks for colleagues and damages productivity. A widely circulated Harvard Business Review survey in autumn 2025 highlighted the productivity costs of such AI-generated material. Spamplication refers to mass-sending of the same résumé to employers, enabled by AI resume tools and complicating hiring and applicant filtering. Microshifting arose as a popular method to break up flexible remote workdays.
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