Well, how is your brain feeling after reading this? The short answer is that yes, it’s real slang and a real concept. Whether or not phones, memes, and the internet at large is rotting our ...

Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. The colloquial definition of memes has expanded to include any type of viral internet phenomenon ...

Today, as Gen Z and Gen Alpha come of age in a hyperconnected world, their evolving slang reflects an online ecosystem drenched in pop culture references, viral memes and niche internet subcultures.