The Web series “Skibidi Toilet” and its associated lexicon entered my household around March.

Is it a red flag or classic middle school brain rot? It feels like we're sinking deeper into a new level of brain rot that has never been seen before. One where kids' speech has been so thoroughly ...

Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is defined as "the supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state, especially ...

Some experts believe that constant, endless scrolling of social media and other online content is doing exactly that – rotting our brains.

Oxford's word of the year is "brain rot," describing the impact of overconsumption of online content. Two doctors discuss the science behind the dangerous activity and how to prevent it.

Oxford University Press (OUP) has named "brain rot" as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024.

Each year, Oxford University Press—the publisher behind the esteemed Oxford English Dictionary—chooses a word or phrase from the national discourse to be its Word of the Year. For 2024, their ...

Signs of Brain Rot: “'Brain rot' is when internet trends and jokes are going through your mind constantly. It's the inability to form sentences without internet slang,” explains an expert.

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” as its word of the year for 2024.

The Oxford University Press has named "brain rot" Word of the Year. Maybe we should be thankful that "Hawk Tuah" didn't make the shortlist.

Note that “brain rot” doesn’t appear in the OED. Neither does “rizz” or “goblin mode,” which won as word of the year in 2023 and 2022, respectively.