On the official Oxford University Press website we learn that brain rot is “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Brain rot, however, isn’t a new concept. In the concluding section of “Walden,” Henry David Thoreau complained that “brain ...

It says something about the past year when the people who put out the Oxford Dictionary chose “brain rot” as the words of ...

While the phrase may seem rooted in modern concerns, its origins can be traced back to 1854, when Henry David Thoreau used "brain rot" in his book Walden, reflecting on the intellectual effects of ...

“Brain rot” or “slop ... The reference is more than a century old, its roots part of Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden.” The author used the term generally criticizing society’s tendency to take the easy ...

Each year as we approach the new year, I note a few cultural markers to set the tone for a new, wide-open year. This year I’m struggling with what these ...

“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 ...