Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration ...

Fabian Mosele, an Italian animator and teacher based in Germany, told "Good Morning America" the trend began in early 2025, ...

How Shrek, the 2001 movie, accidentally became the foundation of Gen Z humor, memes, and modern-day brain rot culture.

That the memes are tagged brain rot is a cheeky acknowledgment that the content is “ridiculous” and “mumbo jumbo,” said Yotam Ophir, an associate professor of communication at the ...

Like most social media terms, there isn’t one good definition of brain rot. Sometimes, it describes memes and slang (used in a sentence: “Skibidi toilet is brain rot,” according to TikTok ...

Like most social media terms, there isn’t one good definition of brain rot. Sometimes, it describes memes and slang (used in a sentence: “Skibidi toilet is brain rot,” according to TikTok ...

CBC Kids News contributor Matthew Hines breaks down the Italian brain rot trend and its potentially offensive content.

Aka, those cat memes you’ve been laughing at at 3 am might be stifling your cognitive functioning. Experiencing brain rot can stir up a host of negative responses in your body and mind ...

Anybody who has been on social media in the past year has likely interacted with what many people call artificial ...