Named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2024, “brain rot” has become a popular online term. Here are some signs and ...

Oxford University Press reported use of “brain rot” surged by 230% this year compared to last year. The selection process combined a public vote with language analysis by Oxford lexicographers.

Note that “brain rot” doesn’t appear in the OED. Neither does “rizz” or “goblin mode,” which won as word of the year in 2023 and 2022, respectively.

“Brain rot” was picked as the Oxford Word of the Year by a public vote involving 37,000 people. Their voting appears to be in tune with the wider temper of our time as the use of the term ...

The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months.” “Brain rot” was chosen by combining public vote and language analysis ...

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected. Search Query Show Search ...

The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months.” “Brain rot” was chosen by a combination of public vote and language ...

Brain rot, Oxford's Word of the Year for 2024, is the perceived deterioration in an individual's mental or intellectual capabilities because of excessive consumption of low-quality online content ...

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. ... The Oxford Word of the Year is brain rot By Hosts. Published December 3, 2024 at 5:04 AM ...

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected. Search Query Show Search ...

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected. Search Query Show Search ...

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 ...