Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words in November and the world had the opportunity to vote for its top ...

Oxford University Press names "brain rot" as its 2024 word of the year in a nod to modern scrolling habits. "The term has ...

The term was chosen among six shortlisted words, which included ‘demure’, ‘slop’, ‘dynamic pricing’, ‘romantasy’, and ‘lore’.

With more than 37,000 votes, Oxford picked the Gen Alpha slang term "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. Here's what the ...

If you haven’t heard the term, well, perhaps you’ve been spending too much time on activities that do rot your brain, like ...

Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, ...

Medically, 'brain rot' refers to a state of mental fatigue, sluggishness, shortened attention span, and cognitive decline, ...

Oxford's Word of the Year for 2024 has been revealed, but this year the winning 'word' is actually two: "brain rot".

TS Eliot once characterised modern man as an individual with a “headpiece filled with straw” for stuffing his mind with ...

As Gen Z comes of age right before the world’s eyes (virtually, of course) their fresh takes on the young adult lingua franca ...

Time to stop scrolling? ‘Brain rot’ speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life, and how we are using our free time.

The word of the year is intended to be 'a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 months' ...