See what other terms made the Oxford University Press shortlist and what other publications chose as their word of 2024.

"Brain rot" has been named the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024, following a public vote in which more than 37,000 people ...

More than 37,000 people voted for the term out of six shortlisted by Oxford The Word of the Year has finally been decided, and according to Oxford and the voting public, “brain rot” is the ...

Oxford named brain rot its 2024 Word of the Year, defined as the deterioration of mental or intellectual states due to ...

Brain rot means ‘supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of ...

Speaking about this year’s selection process and the 2024 winner, Casper Grathwohl, President of Oxford Languages, said: ...