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

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year. It's defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

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

Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its top choice.

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...

The Oxford University Press writeup explains, “‘Brain rot’ is defined as ‘the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

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

The Oxford University Press -- the publishing house of the University of Oxford -- announced that "brain rot" is the 2024 ...

It was in Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book "Walden." But "the term has taken on new significance in the digital age," Oxford U ...

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

With excessive, low-quality social media content at an all-time high, intellectual deterioration seemed to find everyone this ...