The term was first seen in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau's book "Walden." Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is defined as "the supposed ...

Oxford’s 2024 Word ... Year is more than a century old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly relevant in 2024. The winner, announced on Monday by the University of Oxford, was “brain ...

Following a public vote involving more than 37,000 people, "brain rot" was deemed the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year. "I find it fascinating that the term brain rot has been adopted by Gen Z and Gen ...

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 academic ...

Rasid Necati Aslim / Anadolu via Getty Images The Oxford University Press has announced its word of the year for 2024: “brain rot,” a term connected to the effects of wasting too much time online.

just named 2024’s word of the year. (Suck it, skibidi toilet and brat summer!) According to the OUP, aka brain rot’s press agent, the term is defined as “the supposed deterioration of a ...

After weeks of deliberation and more than 37,000 votes worldwide, the Oxford English Dictionary has announced a Generation Alpha slang term is its 2024 word of the year, "brain rot." Here's an ...

Drumroll, please. Oxford's Word of the Year for 2024 is "brain rot." Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Oxford University's choice for "brain rot" comes from the increase ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --It's 2024, so even if you haven't yet heard about the new Word of the Year, chances are you probably have experienced it. Brain rot. On Monday, Oxford University Press -- the ...

If you’ve been scrolling too long on social media, you might be suffering from “brain rot,” the word of 2024, per the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. After public consultation ...