slopulence

Lexicon ex Machina

slopulence /slɒp·jʊ·ləns/ n.

1. The quality or state of AI-generated content being unexpectedly excellent while remaining, at its core, irreducibly slop. 2. Lavish or extravagant output from a process known to produce garbage.

adj. slopulent — possessing or exhibiting slopulence.

Origin: 2020s. Portmanteau of slop (low-quality AI-generated content) + opulence (wealth, luxuriousness). First attested in online discourse surrounding generative AI, where users noted with discomfort that output they wished to dismiss as slop was, in fact, pretty good.

Usage:

“I asked it for a limerick about tax law and got something that genuinely made me laugh. Pure slopulence.”

“The slopulent prose of the third paragraph made her uneasy — not because it was bad, but because she couldn’t have written it better herself.”

See also: immaculate regurgitation, accidental filet, Michelin starred vomit