Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year.

Brain rot” is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year, adding to a growing list of Internet-specific words that are chosen by ...

Perhaps the most logical slang used by Gen Alpha, "brain rot" refers to the mindset of an individual who constantly consumes ...

Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in ...

The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months.” ...

Each year, Oxford University Press—the publisher behind the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary—chooses a word or phrase from ...

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Oxford University Press has selected “brain rot” as the word of the year for 2024. “Brain rot,” though first recorded in ...

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As ‘brain rot’ trended on TikTok, the term became more prominent and increased by 250 percent frequency per million words between 2023 and 2024, according to Oxford. Brain rot was first recorded in ...