After weeks of deliberation and more than 37,000 votes worldwide, the Oxford English Dictionary has announced a Generation Alpha slang term is its 2024 word of the year, "brain rot." Here's an ...

The word, according to Oxford, has seen a 230 percent increase in usage between 2023 and 2024. But who decides what is the word of the year? Many dictionary organizations have issued their ...

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Last year's Oxford word of the year was "rizz," a riff on charisma, used to describe someone's ability to attract or seduce another person. Collins Dictionary's 2024 word of the year is "brat ...

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If yes, you might be experiencing what’s now famously called “brain rot”—a term that has been crowned Oxford Dictionary’s 2024 Word of the Year. Becoming a hot topic across the internet, “brain rot” ...

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According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term “brain rot” is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

If you’ve been scrolling too long on social media, you might be suffering from “brain rot,” the word of 2024, per the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. After public consultation ...