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 ...
LONDON (AP) — 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 ...
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 ...
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Oxford named "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. The term, first used by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, saw a 230% rise in usage this year. Oxford says "brain rot" reflects modern worries about ...
FILE- In this Aug. 29, 2010 file photo, an Oxford English Dictionary is shown at the headquarters of the Associated Press in New York. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File) LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt ...
LONDON (AP) — 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 ...
“Brain rot” has been declared the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year, reflecting a growing concern over the impact of excessive consumption of trivial online content on mental health. The term is ...
LONDON (AP) — 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 ...