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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, uncountable
Qualifier: artificial intelligence
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From slop (“junk output from generative artificial intelligence”) + squatting. Coined by developer Seth Larson in 2025. Compare cybersquatting, typosquatting, and AI slop.
