workslop

English

This English term is a hot word. Its inclusion on Wiktionary is provisional.

Etymology

From work +‎ -slop.

Noun

workslop (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) Content generated by artificial intelligence that is presented by an employee as useful work but serves no meaningful purpose.
    • 2025 September 22, Kate Niederhoffer, Gabriella Rosen Kellerman, Angela Lee, Alex Liebscher, Kristina Rapuano, Jeffrey T. Hancock, “AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity”, in Harvard Business Review‎[1], archived from the original on 3 October 2025:
      The insidious effect of workslop is that it shifts the burden of the work downstream, requiring the receiver to interpret, correct, or redo the work. In other words, it transfers the effort from creator to receiver.
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