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noun
Art created by hand with a pencil or coloured pencils, (usually satirically) considered to be inferior to AI art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory, humorous, neologism, uncountable
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History
From pencil + -slop, by analogy with AI slop. The earliest known use of the meme is in a tweet posted by @Ill1i_n0st7xzr on March 29, 2025 (see quotation below). The term was popularized in December 2025 on TikTok.
