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

This Word of the Year (WOTY) has been chosen every year since at least 1990. According to Dictionary.com, “These words serve ...

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

“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 ...

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

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

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

Gen Z's slang in 2024 saw terms like 'brain rot,' 'demure,' and 'manifest' become increasingly popular. Dictionaries ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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