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

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

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

The term brain rot, first recorded in 1854 by Henry David Thoreau in his book Walden, has gained new meaning in the digital ...

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 ...

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

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

Internet slang “brain rot” has been named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024, but did you know it’s not the first ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has ...

Each year, a number of words rise above and define the feelings of so many people across the world, and each year the world's top dictionaries select a word as the best of the year.

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

The Oxford University Press has announced 'brain rot' as the Word of the Year for 2024, reviving a 170-year-old term with renewed significance in the age of social media.