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 ...

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X ...

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter ...

After tallying more than 37,000 votes from around the globe, the company on Monday announced the 2024 Oxford Word of The Year ...

Oxford University Press said the phrase "brain rot" gained "new prominence in 2024," with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before. Latest U.S.

Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly relevant in 2024. The winner, announced on Monday by the University of Oxford, was ...

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 ...

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 word, which means being reserved in appearance or behavior, had already been named word of the year by Dictionary.com last week. Last year, Oxford chose “rizz” as its word of 2023.

Oxford's experts will then conduct a detailed analysis considering corpus data, votes, and public commentary, before naming the definitive Word of the Year on Dec. 2.

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X ...

Oxford University Press reported use of “brain rot” surged by 230% this year compared to last year. The selection process combined a public vote with language analysis by Oxford lexicographers.