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

If you haven’t heard the term, well, perhaps you’ve been spending too much time on activities that do rot your brain, like ...

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 ...

Other finalists were demure, slop, dynamic pricing, romantasy, and lore.

As Gen Z comes of age right before the world’s eyes (virtually, of course) their fresh takes on the young adult lingua franca ...

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“Looking back at Oxford Word of the Year over the last two decades, you can see society’s growing preoccupation with how our ...

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.

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,” ...