We look at the proliferation of organizations announcing a word of the year and the creep of online words into the lexicon.

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

Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University ...

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

Have you ever spent two hours on TikTok? Made several in-app purchases on Candy Crush while watching “The Office” for the sixteenth time? Lost yourself completely in the Instagram story of someone you ...

Oxford University's new word of the year epitomizes the mindlessness that dominates social media. “More than 37,000 people ...

Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 word of the year. WBZ-TV's Jon Keller takes a closer look ...

BOSTON - Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 word of the year. It's described as that feeling ...

Oxford has officially announced its pick for Word of the Year for 2024, revealing a term which many are likely to be familiar ...

The phrase “brain rot” spiked 230 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

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