The Oxford University Press writeup explains, “‘Brain rot’ is defined as ‘the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

Words that reflect the zeitgeist: 2024 was very online. Ever since the American Dialect Society first selected a Word of the ...

My accident Dec. 1 meant that my intended column on the Oxford Word of the Year had to be postponed. I'm still recovering ...

What’s the Word of the Year for 2024? Well, as it turns out, it depends on who you’re asking because there are different ...

The words we choose often reflect the world we’re living in, and as 2024 draws to a close, the Oxford English Dictionary has ...

May I have a word with you, please? Actually, two words. Brain rot. You just never know what kind of surprise awaits you when ...

May I have a word with you, please? Actually, two words. Brain rot. You just never know what kind of surprise awaits you when you check out this space, do ...

The Oxford Word of the Year has previously included culturally significant terms such as ‘chav’, ‘selfie’ and ‘sudoku’ ...

It’s the word of the year but keep brain rot away by putting your phone down and spending time in the real world ...

LONDON — 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 ...

The dictionary maker defined its word of the year as a “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, ...

Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English ...