Usage of the term has spiked 230% since 2023. It describes the 'deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,' especially from overconsuming online content. Can you guess it?

See what other terms made the Oxford University Press shortlist and what other publications chose as their word of 2024.

A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”