Now it’s Oxford Word of the Year 2024 The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press.

Oxford University Press has declared 'brain rot' as the Word of The Year for 2024. Psychologist shares concerns about our mental decline linked to excessive consumption of trivial content on ...

With more than 37,000 votes, Oxford picked the Gen Alpha slang term "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. Here's what the term means.

The Oxford Word of the Year is brain rot Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the ...

It is also defined as "something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration," Oxford announced in a news release. "'Brain rot' speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --It's 2024, so even if you haven't yet heard about the new Word of the Year, chances are you probably have experienced it. Brain rot. On Monday, Oxford University Press -- the ...

After digging through its enormous database, it has chosen “brain rot” — specifically, the kind brought on by digital overload — as its 2024 Word of the Year.

"Brain rot" is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year, adding to a growing list of Internet-specific words that are chosen by dictionaries as words of the year.

After first gaining traction on TikTok, its use surged by 230% between 2023 and 2024, they pointed out. Following a public vote involving more than 37,000 people, "brain rot" was deemed the 2024 ...

Brain rot beat out several other contenders for 2024, including slop. What a shame. Slop would have made a good word of the year and would have given hogs some well-deserved attention.

But, it turns out, the idea of brain rot is nothing new. My dad has been using a variation of this phrase since the ‘80s, but, in fact, it’s been used for over 150 years to talk about brain ...