麦考瑞词典公布2025年度词汇：AI slop

近日，澳大利亚麦考瑞词典（Macquarie Dictionary）公布2025年度词汇：AI slop。

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🤔️小作业：

1. What can be inferred about the public's role in the word-of-the-year selection?

A. The public typically disagrees with the selection committee

B. The public was surprised by the choice of “AI slop”

C. Public voting increasingly reflects broader cultural concerns

D. Public input has little influence on the final outcome

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'AI slop' crowned word of the year 2025 in Macquarie Dictionary's committee and people's choice categories

From: ABC NEWS

Macquarie Dictionary has announced 'AI slop' has been chosen by its committee and voted by the public as the word of the year for 2025.

AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.

"We understand now in 2025 what we mean by slop, AI generated slop, which lacks meaningful content or use," Macquarie's committee said.

Macquarie said for a second year running, the public had aligned with the committee.

"While in recent years we've learnt to become search engineers to find meaningful information, we now need to become prompt engineers in order to wade through the AI slop," the committee said.

"Slop in this sense will be a robust addition to English for years to come.

Other words, including clanker, medical misogyny and attention economy, have been shortlisted.

Last week, the Cambridge Dictionary named parasocial — one of several AI-related words — as its word ot the year for 2025.

Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the publisher of the Cambridge Dictionary, said the year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships people form with celebrities, influencers and AI chatbots.

"Parasocial is the perfect word of the year," said Simone Schnall, a professor of experimental social psychology at the University of Cambridge.

"The rise of parasocial relationships has redefined fandom, celebrity and, with AI, how ordinary people interact online.

Adam Nemeroff, the Assistant Provost for Innovations in Learning, Teaching, and Technology at Quinnipiac University, said AI slop was "making its way upstream into people's media diets".

"During Hurricane Helene, opponents of president Joe Biden cited AI-generated images of a displaced child clutching a puppy as evidence of the administration's purported mishandling of the disaster response," he wrote in an article published on The Conversation, adding that AI slop "can be used to spread misinformation".

Mr Nemeroff said AI slop also caused job losses by crowding out content made by real creators.

"The placement of this lower-quality AI-generated content is often not distinguished by the algorithms that drive social media consumption," he said.

"And it displaces entire classes of creators who previously made their livelihood from online content."

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含注释全文：

'AI slop' crowned word of the year 2025 in Macquarie Dictionary's committee and people's choice categories

From: ABC NEWS

Macquarie Dictionary has announced 'AI slop' has been chosen by its committee and voted by the public as the word of the year for 2025.

麦考瑞词典公布，经评委会甄选及公众投票，“AI slop”成为2025年度词汇。

slop /slɒp/ 表示“稀软味差的食物；（尤指喂食动物的）泔水，剩饭菜”，英文解释为“food that is more liquid than it should be and is therefore unpleasant”如：Have you tried the slop that they call stew in the canteen? 你尝了食堂里他们称作炖菜的那个软塌塌的东西了吗?

“AI slop”用来形容那些由人工智能（特别是生成式AI）大规模、低成本、快速生产出来的，质量低下、内容空洞、缺乏灵魂的信息、图像、视频或文字作品。可以把它理解为“AI垃圾”或“AI泔水”。

AI slop refers to low-quality content created by generative AI which often contains errors and is not requested by the user, according to Macquarie.

据麦考瑞词典，“AI slop”指生成式人工智能生成的低质量内容，这类内容常常带有错误，也不是用户所请求的。

generative /ˈdʒen.ər.ə.tɪv/ 表示“有生产能力的；能生成的”，英文解释为“able to produce or create something”如：the generative power of the mind 大脑的生成能力。

📍ChatGPT全名就是：Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer.

📍词根“gen-”来自拉丁语“generare”，表示“产生”，后缀“-ative”表示形容词，即“有产生作用的”。想象生成式AI能够基于现有数据创造新内容。近义词：productive（生产的），同根词：generate（生成），常用短语：generative model（生成模型）

"We understand now in 2025 what we mean by slop, AI generated slop, which lacks meaningful content or use," Macquarie's committee said.

麦考瑞评委会表示：“到2025年，人们已经理解‘slop’所指——那些AI生成的、缺乏实际意义或价值的东西。”

Macquarie said for a second year running, the public had aligned with the committee.

麦考瑞词典指出，这是连续第二年公众投票结果与评委会意见一致。

running /ˈrʌn.ɪŋ/ 表示“连续的；持续的”，英文解释为“happening on a particular number of regular occasions”举个🌰：You've been late three days running. 你已经连续3天迟到了。

align /əˈlaɪn/ 1）表示“排整齐；校准；（尤指）使成一条直线”，英文解释为“to arrange sth in the correct position, or to be in the correct position, in relation to sth else, especially in a straight line”举个🌰：Make sure the shelf is aligned with the top of the cupboard. 务必使搁架与橱柜顶端对齐。

2）表示“使一致”，英文解释为“to change sth slightly so that it is in the correct relationship to sth else”举个🌰：Prices have been aligned with those in world markets. 价格已调整到与世界市场一致。

"While in recent years we've learnt to become search engineers to find meaningful information, we now need to become prompt engineers in order to wade through the AI slop," the committee said.

评委会表示：“以前我们靠提升搜索能力获取有效信息，现在则需要成为提示词大师，才能在大量AI 糟粕中找出有价值信息。”

prompt /prɒmpt/ 作名词，1）表示“（计算机屏幕上的）提示符（显示计算机已经准备好接受指令）”，英文解释为“a sign on a computer screen that shows that the computer is ready to receive your instructions”

📍在ChatGPT火热的今天，prompt通常指的是给模型的输入，用来激发或引导模型生成特定的输出或回答。简而言之，prompt是指用户提供给语言模型的一段文字或命令，以便模型据此理解用户的需求并给出相应的响应或信息。例如，在与像ChatGPT这样的大语言模型交互时，用户提出的问题或指令就是一个“prompt”。模型会根据这个prompt的内容分析、处理并生成回答或执行相关的任务。Prompt对于大语言模型来说是非常关键的，因为它直接决定了模型如何理解和回应用户的需求。

📍prompt中文里有译为“提示词”，prompt engineering 就是“提示工程/提示词工程”

2）表示“（给演员的）提词，提白”，英文解释为“words that are spoken to an actor who has forgotten what he or she is going to say during the performance of a play”

3）作动词，表示“促使；导致；激起”，英文解释为“to make sb decide to do sth; to cause sth to happen”举个🌰：His speech prompted an angry outburst from a man in the crowd. 他的讲话激起了人群中一男子的愤怒。

📺美剧《斯巴达克斯：血与沙》（Spartacus: Blood and Sand）中的台词提到：One cannot but wonder what would prompt such an act 不知他们为何遭此不幸。

4）作动词，表示“（尤指）给（演员）提词”，英文解释为“to help someone, especially an actor, to remember what they were going to say or do”举个🌰：I forgot my line and had to be prompted. 我忘词了，只好让人提词。

wade /weɪd/ through 表示“费力地做（乏味或困难之事）；（尤指）费劲地阅读（大量信息）”，英文解释为“to spend a lot of time and effort doing something boring or difficult, especially reading a lot of information”举个🌰：We had to wade through pages of legal jargon before we could sign the contract. 我们在签合同之前必须费力地读完好几页的法律行话。

"Slop in this sense will be a robust addition to English for years to come.

“在这种意义上，slop将在未来许多年里成为英语中的一个有力新增词。”

robust /rəʊˈbʌst/ 表示“（人或动物）强壮的，茁壮的；（东西或系统）坚固的，耐用的，结实的；强劲的；富有活力的；强健的；强壮的”，英文解释为“(of a person or animal) strong and healthy, or (of an object or system) strong and unlikely to break or fail”举个🌰：He looks robust and healthy enough. 他看起来非常强壮健康。

📍这个词来自拉丁语“robustus”，意味着“强壮的”。用来形容结构“坚固”的或系统“强健”的。想象新软件更加“强健”，出现问题更少。近义词：sturdy（结实的），同根词：robustness（强健），常用短语：robust system（强健的系统）

📍在计算机科学、控制科学与工程等领域有个词叫“鲁棒性”，就是从robustness音译而来，可以用于反映一个系统在面临着内部结构或外部环境的改变时也能够维持其功能稳定运行的能力。

Other words, including clanker, medical misogyny and attention economy, have been shortlisted.

其他候选词包括clanker、medical misogyny和attention economy等。

柯林斯词典公布2025年度词汇：Vibe coding提到，“clanker”，源于《星球大战：克隆人战争》的词汇，是人们对计算机、机器人及各类AI的贬称。该词在社交媒体上爆火，常被用来宣泄对AI聊天机器人和平台的不满与不信任。

misogyny /mɪˈsɒdʒɪnɪ/表示“厌女症，嫌忌女人”，英文解释为“feelings of hating women, or the belief that men are much better than women”.

📍相反：

misandry /ˈmɪsəndrɪ/ 表示“厌恶男人，憎恨男人”（feelings of hating men）

📺美剧《新闻编辑室》（The Newsroom）第一季中的台词提到：that might get an argument started about misogyny? 以引起一场厌女热潮。

shortlist /ˈʃɔːt.lɪst/ 表示“最终候选名单，决选名单；入围名单”，英文解释为“a list of people who have been judged the most suitable for a job or prize, made from a longer list of people originally considered, and from which one person will be chosen”举个🌰：We've drawn up (= decided) a shortlist for the job. 我们已经确定了该职位的最终候选名单。

📍美式：short list是分开的。有shortlist就有longlist，意思就是“初选名单”（A long-list for something such as a job or a prize is a large group that has been chosen from all the people who applied for the job, or all the people or things that are competing for the prize. The successful ones from this group are chosen to go on the shortlist.）

同时，两个词都可以作为动词，比如shortlist作动词，表示“把…列入入围名单”举个🌰：Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by the end of the week. 入围参加面试的求职者将在周末以前得到通知。

Last week, the Cambridge Dictionary named parasocial — one of several AI-related words — as its word ot the year for 2025.

上周，《剑桥词典》将parasocial评为2025年度词汇，该词本身也是一系列AI相关词之一。

Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the publisher of the Cambridge Dictionary, said the year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships people form with celebrities, influencers and AI chatbots.

出版《剑桥词典》的剑桥大学出版社与评估机构表示，今年的一个显著特征是人们对与明星、网红以及AI聊天机器人之间所形成的单向“拟社会关系”的关注度上升。

influencer /ˈɪn.flu.ən.sər/ 字面上的意思就是影响者，有影响力的人，柯林斯词典中的解释分为两种，一个就是字面上的意思：any person or thing that exerts an influence；另一种解释为：a person who uses social media to promote lifestyle choices, commercial products, etc to his or her followers. 利用社交媒体向自己的粉丝推广或推荐产品和服务的人，就是类似于现在网络中的“网红、博主”，或者说关键意见领袖，Key Opinion Leader，KOL.

"Parasocial is the perfect word of the year," said Simone Schnall, a professor of experimental social psychology at the University of Cambridge.

剑桥大学实验社会心理学教授西蒙妮·施纳尔（Simone Schnall）表示：“Parasocial完全符合年度词汇的定义。”

"The rise of parasocial relationships has redefined fandom, celebrity and, with AI, how ordinary people interact online.

“拟社会关系的兴起重新定义了粉丝文化、明星概念，也重新定义了在AI时代普通人线上互动的方式。”

fandom /ˈfæn.dəm/ 1）表示“狂热喜爱，痴迷状态”，英文解释为“the state of being a fan of someone or something, especially a very enthusiastic one”如：the world of martial arts movie fandom 功夫片的痴迷世界。

2）表示“…迷，狂热爱好者；热烈崇拜者”，英文解释为“a group of fans of someone or something, especially very enthusiastic ones”举个🌰：Harry Potter fans have joined with members of fandoms from other popular books. 哈利·波特迷们跟其他流行书籍爱好者会合在一起。

“Fandom”的核心意思是指“粉丝圈”或“粉丝群体”，它特指对某个特定人物、团队、系列作品（如书籍、电影、电视节目）、流派（如科幻、奇幻）或任何流行文化现象有着共同热情的一群粉丝组成的社区或亚文化群体。

Adam Nemeroff, the Assistant Provost for Innovations in Learning, Teaching, and Technology at Quinnipiac University, said AI slop was "making its way upstream into people's media diets".

昆尼皮亚克大学（Quinnipiac University）教学与技术创新副教务长亚当·内梅罗夫（Adam Nemeroff）表示，AI slop正“逐渐渗入大众的媒体消费结构”。

provost /ˈprɒv.əst/ 1）表示“（某些大学中的）学院院长”，英文解释为“(in some universities) the person in charge of a particular college”如：the Provost of King's College, Cambridge 剑桥大学国王学院的院长；

2）表示“（学院或大学的）教务长”，英文解释为“an important official who helps to run a college or university”

"During Hurricane Helene, opponents of president Joe Biden cited AI-generated images of a displaced child clutching a puppy as evidence of the administration's purported mishandling of the disaster response," he wrote in an article published on The Conversation, adding that AI slop "can be used to spread misinformation".

他在《The Conversation》撰文指出，“海伦飓风期间，拜登总统的反对者引用了一张AI生成流离失所儿童抱着小狗的图片，作为指控所谓美国政府应对不力的证据。”他补充说，AI slop“正被用来散布虚假信息”。

displaced /dɪˈspleɪst/ 表示“背井离乡的，流离失所的”，英文解释为“having been forced to leave your home, for example by a war or dangerous event”举个🌰：They distribute food and other aid to displaced civilians. 他们给流离失所的平民分发食物并提供其他援助。

clutch /klʌtʃ/ 作动词，表示“（通常指因恐惧、焦虑或痛苦而）紧抓，紧握”，英文解释为“to take or try to take hold of something tightly, usually in fear, worry, or pain”举个🌰：Silent and pale, she clutched (onto) her mother's hand. 她一声不吭，面色苍白，死死抓着母亲的手。

作名词，1）单数，表示“一群（人或动物）；一批（物品）”，英文解释为“a group of people, animals or things”举个🌰：He's won a whole clutch of awards. 他获得一大堆奖。

2）通常复数，表示“势力范围；控制；掌管”，英文解释为“power or control”举个🌰：He managed to escape from their clutches. 他设法摆脱了他们的控制。

purported /pəˈpɔː.tɪd/ 表示“声称的，谣传的”，英文解释为“that has been stated to be true or to have happened, although this may not be the case”举个🌰：A recent study into the purported health benefits of the drink was not conclusive. 最近一项关于饮酒有益健康一说的研究没有明确的结论。

Mr Nemeroff said AI slop also caused job losses by crowding out content made by real creators.

内梅罗夫称，AI slop挤压真实创作者的内容空间致其失业。

表示“把…挤出；排挤；阻碍”，英文解释为“to not allow a person or thing any space or opportunity to grow or develop”举个🌰：Small local businesses have been crowded out by large multinationals. 当地的小公司已被大跨国公司排挤出局。

"The placement of this lower-quality AI-generated content is often not distinguished by the algorithms that drive social media consumption," he said.

他说，“这些低质量的AI生成内容在社交媒体算法驱动下往往无法分辨。”

algorithm /ˈælɡəˌrɪðəm/ 表示“算法；计算程序”，英文解释为“a set of rules that must be followed when solving a particular problem”

"And it displaces entire classes of creators who previously made their livelihood from online content."

“它取代了过去依靠网络内容谋生的一整类创作者。”

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