'Brain rot' is Oxford University Press' word of the year
Gen Alpha’s hyper-online manner of speaking has officially entered the zeitgeist. Oxford University Press announced Monday that “brain rot” — the catch-all term for bizarre and semi-unintelligible extremely online language — is its 2024 word of the year.
The Gen Z roots of Oxford Dictionary's word of the year
Most younger folks will be familiar with the term 'brain rot', most likely using it when referring to a mass consumption of memes.
Writer Thoreau warned of brain rot in 1854. Now it's the Oxford Word of 2024
The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning?
Do you have brain rot?
Perhaps the most logical slang used by Gen Alpha, "brain rot" refers to the mindset of an individual who constantly consumes low-quality content, often from social media. Now Oxford's Word of the Year, language experts concluded from 37,000 votes around the globe that "brain rot" has increased in usage by 230% between 2023 and 2024.
'Brain Rot': Oxford University Press 2024 Word of the Year Revealed
Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in usage.
Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year Captures Our Mindless Web Scrolling
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?
Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year Is…
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.”
‘Brain Rot’ is Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year
Brain rot” beat out five other finalists, including “dynamic pricing,” “lore,” “romantasy,” “slop,” and Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year “demure.” “‘Brain rot’ speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life,
'Brain rot' named Oxford's word of the year. What does it mean?
Brain rot' was named Oxford's word of the year. So, what does it mean and when was it first used? Here's what to know.
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