LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year.

"Brain rot," though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, has emerged as a defining word of online, and especially ...

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Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University ...

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University ...

Usage of the term has spiked 230% since 2023. It describes the 'deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,' ...

Oxford Languages has declared ‘brain rot’ as the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024, reflecting the evolving concerns ...

The winning word, brain rot, was chosen after 37,000 votes, with use of the word having risen 230% between 2023 and 2024.

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