Brain rot,” a decline in a person’s mental state brought on by overconsumption of media, was chosen by Oxford Dictionary as ...

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On Dec. 9, 2024, it selected “polarization” as its word of the year, which joins a list of 2024 winners that include “brat,” “manifest,” and “demure." ...

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Oxford has named “brain rot” the Word of the Year, defining it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

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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” ...

Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the ...

I’m perplexed. Somewhere in the mass of gray matter between the ears that don’t work like they once did, there’s a battle of sorts going on. “Brain rot” or “slop?” For those who might be unaware, the ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase ...