Oxford's Word of the Year for 2024 is 'brain rot' - what is it and where does it come from?
Oxford University Press, publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, has just released its 2024 Word of the Year. And it's not one you may have expected. Overall, there was a shortlist of six words that language experts created to reflect the moods and conversations that helped shape the past year—and coming in at the top is 'brain rot'.
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