While 'brain rot' relates to the constant consumption of online content, 'kakistocracy' refers to the 'rule of the worst' in politics. Here is what to know.
Words that reflect the zeitgeist: 2024 was very online. Ever since the American Dialect Society first selected a Word of the ...
Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year is “polarization” which was heard around the world during this year’s heated election ...
May I have a word with you, please? Actually, two words. Brain rot. You just never know what kind of surprise awaits you when you check out this space, do you? I have the feeling brain rot wasn’t on ...
Polarization, brain rot and brat -- the 2024 words of the year encapsulate the myriad ways digital life is influencing ...
In 2003, the publisher of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary began bestowing a crown. On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” ...
Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the ...
I’m perplexed. Somewhere in the mass of gray matter between the ears that don’t work like they once did, there’s a battle of sorts going on. “Brain rot” or “slop?” For those who might be unaware, the ...
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 (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...
There are few tragedies in the world more sad than seeing someone waste their potential and their brain power doing stupid, useless things that give them absolutely nothing in return. No knowledge is ...
A word that has been used incessantly to describe the fraught state of American politics and society is Merriam-Webster’s ...
Have you ever scrolled through social media so long that you forgot why you even picked up your phone in the first place?