Collins Adds Friendslop and Mogging to the Dictionary as Gen Alpha Slang Takes Over

‘Friendslop’ has entered the Collins Dictionary, though it lost the word-of-the-year crown to ‘mogging’. Friendslop got outclassed by mogging, and mogging is sigma. It’s finished, and mogging has been in its hard mewing looksmaxxing phase. One feels sus while the other is busy aura farming.

You may not be fond of it, yet that is how language works now. Collins has brought in a fresh batch of gen alpha slang, including “"mogging," Collins’ word of the year, and "friendslop",” a gaming term for a new kind of casual co-op title made for messing around with your pals.

“friendslop (ˈfrɛndˌslɒp) noun an inexpensive, indie-made video game created for relaxed group play of friends,” is the official dictionary meaning.

It sits alongside terms such as “fricy,” which seems to mean something both fruity and spicy. There is also the less cheerful “P(doom)” — (ˈpiːˌduːm) — an estimate of the chance that AI could trigger the downfall of human civilization. Delightful.

If you are not sure what mogging means, that first paragraph likely sounded ridiculous, but we may as well teach you the slang of the young while we are here. Mogging means to outdo someone in any way.

• There is height mogging.
• There is status mogging.
• There is wealth mogging.
• There is looks mogging.

There are probably more kinds of mogging I do not know about, but you can mog at nearly anything. I mog at Apex Legends, for instance. I mog very hard.

Alex Beecroft, MD Collins, said that Collins lexicographers do not only monitor how often words appear, but also study usage patterns. The choice of choosing mogging as Collins’ Word of the Year indicates how every generation leaves its trace on language.

“It’s a strong illustration of how Gen Z and Gen Alpha have taken a word, spun it into playful slang, and made it uniquely theirs while leaving everyone else 'mogging' behind of us!”

If you are not familiar with friendslop, arguably the finest title in the “genre” to launch this year is Big Walk. You should play it. Go in blind and take friends. It is unlike anything else.

“Big Walk brims with striking, spontaneous moments as you unravel cleverly designed puzzles and journey through the stretches between them in its expansive open world,” said the 9/10 Big Walk review. “Falling down a mountain at night and frantically tracking down gear you’ve dropped, spotting your friends by a flare glowing in the distance, or learning the words needed to identify everything in its world and devise a system for solving its most intricate challenges all help create the charm that makes Big Walk unlike any other co-op game.”

Other hugely popular friendslop games include Peak, Gamble With Your Friends, Lethal Company, and R.E.P.O., which have sold millions on Steam and inspired countless copies on platforms like Roblox.

Kirk McKeand contributes to IGN News. Find him on Twitter @MckKirk