The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what... It's not unusual for the words of influencers ...

"Brain rot" is a term that describes either the cause or effect of spending hours online viewing trivial information. It communicates concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of ...

Doctors are issuing a warning after “brain rot” was chosen by the Oxford University Press as its word of the year.

Henry David Thoreau’s book "Walden" includes a reference to "brain rot": “While England endeavours to cure the potato rot, will not any endeavour to cure the brain-rot – which prevails so ...

"Brain rot," though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, has emerged as a defining word of online, and especially meme, culture. It is used to refer to memes or content with little to ...

In their December 2 announcement, Oxford defined “brain rot” as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

“Oxford University Press’s 2024 word of the year is … ‘brain rot.’ The term is not new. Henry David Thoreau first used it in his 1854 book Walden to refer to the devaluing of complex ideas in favor of ...

According to Physician's Weekly, recent studies have linked excessive online content consumption to cognitive and mental ...

Doom scrolling is a contributing factor to brain rot. It describes binging on news or social media content involving ...

I love reading about the biggest words of the year because they help explain where we are at as a society. In 2024, two of the most-used words or phrases ...

Oxford crowned ‘brain rot’ as 2024’s word of the ... Coined as far back as 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in Walden, the idea of mental deterioration from trivial distractions has never been ...