Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...

My parents spend half of the year on an island off the coast of North Carolina where many of the residents speak a distinct and alienating dialect of English—the Ocracoke or “Hoi Toider” brogue, which ...

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If you’ve spent any time around kids lately, you’ve probably heard about “brain rot.” Named Oxford Word of the Year in 2024, it’s defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or ...

While not a clinical diagnosis, brain rot describes the “deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” often caused by overconsumption of material, particularly online, according to the ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year is “brain rot,” a term surging in popularity. According to the president of Oxford Languages, use of the term skyrocketed 230 percent ...

Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference in 1990, over half a dozen English dictionaries have anointed an annual word or phrase that's meant to encapsulate ...

Imagine a time traveler from the quaint, analog world of the 1990s arriving in 2025. They wouldn’t just be shocked by our technology; they’d be utterly baffled by our behavior. The subtle, pervasive ...

From heated political arguments with family members at the holiday table to the increasing and unrelenting toxicity of social media (not only about politics but also such seemingly innocuous topics as ...

“Brain rot” refers to a state of mental sluggishness triggered by excessive screen time and constant app-hopping, ultimately ...