English Explanatory Dictionary

slopsquatting

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of cybersquatting where a non-existent software package that has been hallucinated by a large language model is registered by a malicious actor.

Word forms

slopsquatting

Etymology

From slop (“junk output from generative artificial intelligence”) + squatting. Coined by developer Seth Larson in 2025. Compare cybersquatting, typosquatting, and AI slop.

Related words

slopsquat slopsquatted slopsquatter
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