Brain rot” has been declared the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year. The term is defined as “the supposed deterioration of ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

The Oxford University Press has chosen its word of the year, one word that's been popularized on social media: "brain rot" ...

The Oxford University Press uses lexicographers —people who author dictionaries — to track which words or phrases were most used and that most reflect the last 12 months. Brain rot’s usage increased ...

Doom scrolling is a contributing factor to brain rot. It describes binging on news or social media content involving ...

On the official Oxford University Press website we learn that brain rot is “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental ...

Believe it or not, the Word of the Year (sometimes abbreviated WOTY) is a common practice for a lot of people. Two of the most trusted word originators (Oxford University ...

According to Physician's Weekly, recent studies have linked excessive online content consumption to cognitive and mental ...

Do people even read the newspaper anymore? In company with the Merriam-Webster word of the year “polarization,” often used to describe the divided state of the country, and the Oxford word of the year ...

Word nerds unite every January 9 and choose carefully their, well, words. While the origins of this holiday are unknown, many ...

There are already many nominations for 2024's word of the year. The right pick is the name of the world's most controversial ...