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

2013's word of the year was selfie, a reflection of people's obsession with taking pictures of themselves at arm's length and ...

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University ...

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

A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that ...

But if you ask me, I reckon Oxford Dictionary’s choice trumps ’em both, not least because it applies to the whole year.

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

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

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

Internet slang “brain rot” has been named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024, but did you know it’s not the first ...