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Brain Rot, Word of the Year and Oxford University Press
‘Brain Rot’ Is the 2024 Word of the Year, According to Oxford University Press
The first recorded use of “brain rot,” according to Oxford University Press, was in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, published in 1854. “While England endeavours to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavour to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?” wrote Thoreau in his treatise on transcendentalism.
Oxford Word Of The Year, ‘Brain Rot,’ Defines Our Screen-Fixated Times
Oxford University Press names "brain rot" as its 2024 word of the year in a nod to modern scrolling habits. "The term has taken on new significance in the digital age."
'Brain Rot' Becomes Word of the Year
For the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, however, 2024 was the year of brain rot. "Brain rot" is a term that describes either the cause or effect of spending hours online viewing trivial information.
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.
Think ‘brain rot’ summed up 2024? Oxford agrees it was the word of the year
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
What Is ‘Brain Rot’? Oxford’s Word of the Year Highlights Social Media Epidemic
Oxford University's new word of the year epitomizes the mindlessness that dominates social media. “More than 37,000 people voted to
'Brain rot' is the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year
Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year.
Oxford names ‘brain rot’ as 2024’s word of the year
Overused and unavoidable, the term reflects a year spent doomscrolling and consuming digital fluff. Oxford University Press just announced its always-anticipated word of the year. No, it’s not some pretentious jargon only uttered by the world’s top thinkers.
'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.
‘Brain Rot’ Is Why Your Kids All Sound Like That
For Gen Z and Gen Alpha, consuming low-value social media content isn’t a chronic condition—it’s a way of forming a shared language
Has Oxford Exposed Our Time as the Age of Brain Rot?
The recent Oxford survey revealed that "brain rot" is its "Word of the Year 2024." Is this disgust for a single year or a harbinger of humanity's future?
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'Brain rot' named Oxford Word of the Year for 2024
The Oxford University Press -- the publishing house of the University of Oxford -- announced that "brain rot" is the 2024 ...
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