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

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 University Press has selected “brain rot” as the word of the year for 2024. “Brain rot,” though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, has emerged as a defining word of ...

Oxford University Press has announced its 2024 Word of the Year contenders, including demure, brain rot, lore, dynamic pricing, slop and romantasy.

Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its top choice.

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.

Oxford University Press announced Monday that “brain rot” — the catch-all term for bizarre and semi-unintelligible extremely online language — is its 2024 word of the year.

Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in usage.

Oxford University Press has declared its word of the year for 2024 after the phrase saw a staggering 230 percent increase in usage.

How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot' The word of the year is intended to be “a word or expression that reflects a defining theme from the past 12 ...

Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase “gained new prominence in 2024,” with its frequency of use increasing 230% from the year before.

How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’ FILE -People watch a breaking competition hosted by Supreme Beingz at the Mercury Lounge, June 7, 2019, in New York.