Friendslop Has Been Added To The Collins Dictionary

There's Now Enough Friendslop That The Term Has Been Added To The Dictionary Team Peak Published Nov 4, 2026, 4:00 AM EST Josh Coulson is an editor at TheGamer covering breaking news on everything from colorful platformers to the latest Lego sets. Primarily a news writer since 2018, Josh has covered just about every major game from the past decade. Now an editor, their focus has shifted to being the leading affiliate expert at the site, building relationships between TheGamer and global brands including Mattel, Funko, and The Pokemon Company. Sign in to your TheGamer account The word friendslop has become a highly debated one as gamers argue over whether the term is endearing or offensive. Well, whether you like it or not, it is now here to stay, as Collins has listed it among its best words of 2026 and officially added it to the dictionary. Friendslop Has Made It Into The Dictionary Each year, Collins crowns a word of the year and lists some runners-up that will be added to its dictionary alongside it. Although friendslop made the cut for 2026, it lost out on Collins’ word of the year crown to mogging, a word that is also commonly used in the video game world but is used in far more walks of life. Friendslop, however, is a term exclusively for video games. “A type of low-budget, independently produced video game, designed to be played casually with a group of friends,” its new dictionary definition reads. A definition that will likely split gamers, but there’s no arguing with the dictionary. Who am I kidding? Some gamers can and will argue with anything. Why The Term Friendslop Divides Gamers It’s the “low-budget” part of friendslop’s definition that has been the driving force behind it being such a divisive word. Friendslop games tend to be incredibly popular, typically indie games that blow up on Steam and attract tens, sometimes hundreds, of thousands of people. So to some, to refer to it as “slop” is implying that it’s less than. Many of those who play games that fall under the friendslop definition don’t necessarily see the word as derogatory, though. It’s just a word, and one that encapsulates what the games are. It also gives those games a new genre under which to exist. Rather than being lumped in with every other indie game, they now have their own label. But what games are considered friendslop? That’s often up for debate too. As the dictionary definition now dictates, the three qualifiers are low-budget, indie, and multiplayer. Peak is probably the industry leader, and perhaps the game that popularized the term. It shares the genre with the likes of Meccha Chameleon, Repo, Content Warning, and RV There Yet, among others. There’s an argument to be made that Big Walk is a friendslop game too, although its higher budget might disqualify it from being a part of the genre. Systems Released June 16, 2025 Developer(s) Landcrab Publisher(s) Aggro Crab, Landfall Engine Unity Genre(s) Adventure, Exploration, First-Person