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sloppification

sloppification noun: the process of making or becoming increasingly sloppy, low quality, or informal.

Noun

sloppification (uncountable)

  1. (informal, sarcastic, usually) The process of making or becoming increasingly sloppy, low quality, or informal.
    • All we should expect an alphabet to provide is a skeleton spelling of all the "quotable," basic sounds, to be interpreted by the speaker into his own particular sloppification.1968, Philip L. Gerber, Lessons in Language, page 276
    • However, scientific reports are not normally subjected to the kind of "sloppification" that Collins practices here.1988 May, Douglas Vipond, “Review: Frames Of Meaning”, in Inkshed, volume 7, number 3, page 4
  2. Increasing use of AI slop.
    • ‘Sloppification’ looks set to help the video-sharing site become the world’s largest media company.2025 July 25, Parmy Olson, “YouTube's AI Slop Is a Win for Alphabet. But What About Us?”, in Bloomberg
    • Licensing copyrighted work for sloppification could delight superfans and introduce material to new audiences.2025 October 16, Patrick Foulis, “Sloponomics: who wins and loses in the AI-content flood?”, in The Economist

Origin of sloppification

From sloppy + -ification.

Questions about sloppification

What does sloppification mean?
Sloppification means the process of making or becoming increasingly sloppy, low quality, or informal.
What part of speech is sloppification?
Sloppification is a noun.

Words near sloppification in the dictionary

  1. slopperies
  2. sloppers
  3. sloppery
  4. sloppier
  5. sloppiest
  6. sloppification
  7. sloppified
  8. sloppifies
  9. sloppify
  10. sloppifying
  11. sloppily

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