From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from casper.infradead.org (casper.infradead.org [90.155.50.34]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 08C35221721; Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:52:39 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=90.155.50.34 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768060363; cv=none; b=u5Hm6FufZFAcEK8yGfzOk0G4yu43Hk+N5ynyElt2xKj8o1fmLj6tb3LCEo1kfFAA0sWbp0sJVIY+avqDDeGzhK5uF1v2SByjJPChwP24ubpZXHSefuXit5ZlX9soMYox/tv2WbLb+M0mY9QmEaReamLd2iFoGiMqZyNGrB/87bA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1768060363; c=relaxed/simple; bh=YYKMOw90Y1U19OGXNvrvWbjsRsqZ+IiyhYmxJ9lvP6g=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=TRBEMmDNlD6oOhKlyLTnx0Z2QF0cU7UODHdXqxX4PBFdnBSkmuKYg7nu93O1iILHzT79dVg1I2PlXxdPj02n28vo9McJxJnr4FQA277s8nNAZB39Y7lvjukV1ao0kAj1k+4i0tZ1+5rOGNamk9nmIx0M32xfHlmy4a63QewRC5Q= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b=DizAuHHn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=90.155.50.34 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=infradead.org Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=infradead.org header.i=@infradead.org header.b="DizAuHHn" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=infradead.org; s=casper.20170209; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version: References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date:Sender:Reply-To: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-ID:Content-Description; bh=YYKMOw90Y1U19OGXNvrvWbjsRsqZ+IiyhYmxJ9lvP6g=; b=DizAuHHnQ9L+7BUFvQsiuFx40W 6H7azZaWj4orPFBa1pvVc2xOsuzGkI+iKfCurv12JyDAa78HrQEQ/t5Sd64K5JNrGOJwfCFVOmXSC t5j4BxohrnJLSmBg2sH76UxDF9OScfsqucUaRl6+6eDoFLyaymFKfZXZSWlyL60TryDdtZ1KcUorU aK+/tH+fDajbkPNVfxt3tkSVawBjYSvX+H/D5mOJOd0PfnL7QifyaPf59KgErgm6inKCVI/+Sytgk 6/md1d0BN+eamqNQDhTdKXziJ7i2sMdK3AtcJyASSRxUHfcuFYT8oITIhbjUFXvk6W3wHVRXsq1dD SWcUljTg==; Received: from willy by casper.infradead.org with local (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1vebGL-00000000nTg-1004; Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:52:25 +0000 Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:52:25 +0000 From: Matthew Wilcox To: "Serge E. Hallyn" Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes , Dan Carpenter , "Liam R. Howlett" , Jens Axboe , Dave Hansen , James Bottomley , Dave Hansen , Dave Hansen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Shuah Khan , Kees Cook , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Miguel Ojeda , Luis Chamberlain , SeongJae Park , Dan Williams , Steven Rostedt , NeilBrown , Theodore Ts'o , Sasha Levin , Jonathan Corbet , Vlastimil Babka , workflows@vger.kernel.org, ksummit@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH] [v3] Documentation: Provide guidelines for tool-generated content Message-ID: References: <85614f7f-f217-47e5-a9f7-0a012f6e6ecd@lucifer.local> <6e9cab54-7b66-45e9-af96-e52b3eba1034@intel.com> <711d9e37-6fe7-4783-8ac4-5269279bb9fe@kernel.dk> <3xf3f4b3vegssexoid746y7isuswwsgmac5hy2hm4ipisdcxaf@nbi67byycwj5> <0b9a8f99-5cc4-40e8-a0e6-4887d1e1a796@lucifer.local> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: workflows@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 09:25:36AM -0600, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > I just don't think the word "slop" should be used, because while it may > be very clear to you, and may be clearly defined in some communities, me, > I'm just guessing what you mean by it. https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year Picked up by AP and widely reported on by news organisations, eg: https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/slop-word-of-the-year-9.7015916 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/merriam-websters-word-of-the-year-for-2025-is-ais-slop https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/12/merriam-webster-crowns-slop-word-of-the-year-as-ai-content-floods-internet/ It's widely known.