The phrase “brain rot” spiked 230 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

While we in Florida might argue that 2024 was defined by “debris,” “storm surge,” or “ill-fated pickleball courts,” the ...

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

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

Last year’s Oxford word of the year was “rizz,” a riff on charisma, used to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce ...

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

Other finalists were demure, slop, dynamic pricing, romantasy, and lore.

Time to stop scrolling? ‘Brain rot’ speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life, and how we are using our free time.