The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what... It's not unusual for the words of influencers to ...

The term “brain rot” dates back to Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book Walden,but in the digital age, it has become Oxford University Press’ 2024 Word of the Year. With people averaging nearly seven hours ...

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The opinions expressed below are Jon Keller's, not those of WBZ, CBS News or Paramount Global. BOSTON - Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 word of the year. It's ...

Institutions associated with publishing have announced lists of words that stand out from the previous year for one reason or another. Oxford University Press declared “brain rot” to be its “Word of ...

Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that’s meant to encapsulate ...

Oxford University Press recently released its “Word of the Year 2024,” and the overwhelming choice of over 37,000 people surveyed was “Brain Rot.” The survey doesn’t make us look too good, does it? We ...

Many people may be suffering from a form of Oxford University Press' word of the year after months and months of election news flooding social media, cable and other TV news programs. After tallying ...

One of my favorite parts of family gatherings is expanding my vocabulary with the help of my teenage niece. Among the many words I learned this year — in addition to “Skibidi Ohio,” which apparently ...

LONDON (AP) -- Many of us have felt it, and now it's official: "Brain rot" is the Oxford dictionaries' word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase "gained new ...

The term "brain rot" is having its moment in the sun. First written down by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, brain rot became the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2024. While this isn’t a medical ...