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Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year Is…
A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”
What is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year? Don't let it hurt your brain
Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words in November and the world had the opportunity to vote for its top 2024 choice.
Oxford University Press picks "brain rot" as word of the year. See the other finalists.
Oxford University Press said the phrase "brain rot" gained "new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before.
Oxford Dictionary picks slang phrase 'brain rot' as Word of the Year. Here's what it means
With more than 37,000 votes, Oxford picked the Gen Alpha slang term "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. Here's what the term means.
‘Brain Rot,’ the Scourge of the Chronically Online, Becomes Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year
The term refers to "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" that's linked to spending extensive stretches of time scrolling through low-quality content
'Brain rot' is Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year thanks to a surge of viral TikTok videos
In this file photo, an Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year for 2024 is “brain rot” after the term made waves in videos on TikTok. Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year for 2024 is “brain rot” after the term made waves in videos on TikTok.
'Brain Rot': Oxford University Press 2024 Word of the Year Revealed
Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in usage.
Think 'brain rot' summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year
LONDON -- 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 prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before.
‘Brain rot’ is the word of the year, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. The phrase is a century old.
“Brain rot” is a popular term within internet culture, associated with being chronically online. Doomscrolling is so 2020 — we’re now in the year of “brain rot” instead. That’s the 2024 word of the year according to Oxford University Press, the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher.
Oxford named 'brain rot' the word of the year. Is it an accurate depiction of 2024?
Oxford Dictionary people will be like, "Well, actually it was Henry David Thoreau who first used the phrase 'brain rot.'" And he was! He did it in 1854, I think. The quote was, "While England endeavors to cure the potato rot,
Oxford's 2024 word of the year: Brainrot
Oxford's word of the year is one commonly used amongst members of Generation Z and Generation Alpha, brainrot.
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