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?

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a vote in which more than 37,000 people participated, as well as public commentary and analysis of OUP’s language data.

Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its top choice.