EVENING NIGHTCAP: Sam + Playgirl = Easy Check. 2025 Wrap Up → Words Of The Year (vs. Mine).

 

► Various dictionary companies and platforms got together at their respective watering holes to reflect on 2025 and decide on the one word their organization selected that, "culture watchers say encapsulate the zeitgeist of 2025".  Without further adieu, this is what each org selected as their winner, followed by mine. Read More 

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Merriam Webster Dictionary:  Slop. The fine folks at MW define it as "digital content of poor quality usually produced by AI".  In the old days, slop was the word I would use to describe Tuesday's lunch at my elementary school cafeteria (shit on a shingle).

Glassdoor.com:  Fatigue. According to the job search site, "fatigue" was chosen because workers are tired. Duh..no shit.

Collins Dictionary: Vibe Coding. This is defined as, "the use of natural language prompts to instruct AI to write computer code instead of writing it from scratch". In other words, lazy.

Oxford Dictionary: Rage Bait. They define it as, "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage". Um, so anything that comes out of the blowholes of billionaires, POTUS 46 and his goons and legion of bootlickers.

Cambridge Dictionary: Parasocial. Defined as, "one-sided relationships that people form with celebs, influencers, and AI chatbots". For example: Swifties. Or the Beyhive.

Macquire Dictionary: AI Slop. The Aussie dictionary folks chose this word to ride the coattails of their drinking buds at Merriam Webster. AI Slop = low quality content created by AI".  Macquire clearly didn't have any f**ks to give. I applaud them! Why put in the effort to come up with something original. Just copy+paste Merriam Webster and call it good.   

Dictionary.com: 67. They JUST had to be different by selecting a number. Six-Seven is defined as, "meaningless, ubiquitous, and nonsensical". Pfft...kids these days and their slang.  

Comment:  I spent some time reflecting on 2025. Here's my word of the year: SHIT SHOW. What's yours? 

► Sam Assgrab Asghari (31) better know as the 3rd ex-Mr. Britney Spears, is extending his 15 minutes of fame by posing for the December cover of Playgirl. First of, I had no idea Playgirl was still published. Second, who the hell reads it besides Bree? Just kidding, Bree! Anyhoo, here's Sam all oiled-up as he gets ready to cash the 2nd easiest paycheck he's ever made. I took one for the PW Manor and read his interview. I was only able to finish the first paragraph because I got bored. I'll sum it up: He came to the USA to become somebody...the struggle was real...bla bla...then yaps about Britney...then something about a new movie he's in, bla, bla, bla.  Read More 

Comment: If his "movie" career doesn't pan out, there's always Only Fans, Thunder From Down Under, Chippendales, or being an male ho (again) for one of Hollywood's Flavor of the Month: Sydney Sweeney, Anna de Armas, or Sabrina Carpenter. Hey, David Geffen's divorce is almost final. There's a career idea for him.

Sam Asghari posing for December 2025 Playgirl. Photo: Playgirl / Page Six