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JOY Drive

2 Jan 2026

Associate Professor Roslyn Petelin: Macquarie’s 2025 Word of the Year

Popular Culture, Society & Culture

Associate Professor Roslyn Petelin: Macquarie’s 2025 Word of the Year

Macquarie Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year, “AI slop,” struck a nerve because so many of us instantly knew what it meant. Roslyn Petelin explains why word lists matter, what “AI slop” captures about the year we’ve just lived through, and where people are most likely to encounter it in everyday life.

Guest: Dr Roslyn Petelin, Honorary Associate Professor in Writing, University of Queensland

Presenter: Con Keramitsis

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