Stephan Mertens passed away on October 9, 2024, at the age of 62 after a seven-year battle with multiple myeloma. At the time ...

The winning word, brain rot, was chosen after 37,000 votes, with use of the word having risen 230% between 2023 and 2024.

Brain rot has been named Oxford's Word of the Year 2024, highlighting the risks of consuming excessive online content. Selected from a shortlist of six terms, it reflects growing concerns about ...

Internet slang “brain rot” has been named Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2024, but did you know it’s not the first ...

Usage of the term has spiked 230% since 2023. It describes the 'deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,' ...

This is Oxford University Press' Word of the Year. It's what happens when you scroll on social media too much.

What is brain rot? Oxford University Press announces word of the year for 2024 - TikTok inspires 19th century term’s ...

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

A new research partnership aims to develop a groundbreaking 'epigenetic map' to better understand diseases like cancer and dementia. Led by Oxford Nanopore Technologies, this effort seeks to combine ...

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year. It's defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

Jennifer Crumbley's son killed four students and injured six others and a teacher at Oxford High School in November 2021.

Jennifer Crumbley says prosecution withheld key evidence from her in order to convict her, and spare school officials from ...