Slop: Salope

Slop rounds. It takes something with edges and returns something smoother. Something easier to take in. Arrondir les angles. To round the corners. To smooth a situation so it becomes bearable. In French this is what you do when you don't want to face uncomfortable feelings. An angle is where two things meet and don't agree. Round it and the disagreement goes. Slop does this too. It's a word from…