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” ...
"Brain rot" is a term that describes either the cause or effect of spending hours online viewing trivial information. It ...
Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University ...
Overused and unavoidable, the term reflects a year spent doomscrolling and consuming digital fluff. Oxford University Press ...
Oxford University Press names "brain rot" as its 2024 word of the year in a nod to modern scrolling habits. "The term has ...
The first recorded use of “brain rot,” according to Oxford University Press, was in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, published ...
Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year.
Oxford University Press said the phrase "brain rot" gained "new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230 ...
The Oxford University Press -- the publishing house of the University of Oxford -- announced that "brain rot" is the 2024 ...
In this file photo, an Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. Oxford ...