Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year for 2024 is “brain rot” after the term made waves in videos on TikTok. Oxford defines brain rot as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

Oxford University Press releases a Word of the Year annually. For 2024, they’ve technically chosen two words. “Brain rot” was selected using voting, public commentary and language data analysis. The ...

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 new prominence ...

It’s not just you. Oxford University Press, the publisher of the august Oxford English Dictionary, is also going a bit fuzzy between the ears. After digging through its enormous database, it has ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word ...

Language experts choosing the Oxford word of the year 2023 were dazzled by a bright young thing, selecting a relative newcomer, “rizz,” for the top spot. Derived from the word “charisma,” “rizz” ...