Oxford University Press said the phrase "brain rot" gained "new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230 ...

Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in ...

Oxford University's new word of the year epitomizes the mindlessness that dominates social media. “More than 37,000 people ...

“Brain rot” is a popular term within internet culture, associated with being chronically online. Doomscrolling is so 2020 — ...

The first recorded use of “brain rot,” according to Oxford University Press, was in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, published ...

This is Oxford University Press' Word of the Year. It's what happens when you scroll on social media too much.

Gen Alpha’s hyper-online manner of speaking has officially entered the zeitgeist. Oxford University Press announced Monday ...

Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year.

Oxford University Press has selected “brain rot” as the word of the year for 2024. “Brain rot,” though first recorded in ...

Last year’s Oxford word of the year was “rizz,” a riff on charisma, used to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce ...

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new ...