The communications minister said ‘brain rot’ is real, and social media platforms need to do more to keep kids safe online.

The Oxford dictionary named “brain rot” the term of the year for 2024, and I’m not surprised. In fact, it was around this ...

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

The term " brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird.

Brain rot, the colloquial term used to describe excessive consumption of low-quality online content, particularly short videos on social media, has become so mainstream that it was voted Oxford ...

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Brain rot, a phrase popular among Gen Z and Alpha, is also a notably self-deprecating term, Benjamin K. Johnson, Ph.D., an associate professor of advertising at the University of Florida, tells ...

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Brain rot may have surged in the past year, but its use dates back to 1854, when Henry David Thoreau referenced it in his book Walden. He, too, wielded it to describe a diminished mental acuity.

“Brain rot” was chosen by combining public vote and language analysis by Oxford lexicographers. It beat five other finalists: demure, slop, dynamic pricing, romantasy, and lore.