Last year’s Oxford word of the year was “rizz,” a riff on charisma, used to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce ...

It was in Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book "Walden." But "the term has taken on new significance in the digital age," Oxford U ...

The term refers to "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" that's linked to spending ...

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

This is Oxford University Press' Word of the Year. It's what happens when you scroll on social media too much.

The first recorded use of “brain rot,” according to Oxford University Press, was in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, published ...

Oxford University Press has picked its word that sums up the year 2024. The organization counted more than 37,000 votes, ...

Brain rot has been crowned Oxford's 2924 Word of the Year, and internet users are not happy, to put it lightly.

Scrolling through silly or nonsensical social media posts can have an unofficial side effect: "brain rot." Why it matters: It ...

Oxford University Press has selected "brain rot" as the word of the year for 2024. "Brain rot," though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, has emerged as a defining word of online, and ...