We look at the proliferation of organizations announcing a word of the year and the creep of online words into the lexicon.

Time to stop scrolling? ‘Brain rot’ speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life, and how we are using our free time.

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 (Dec. 2, 2024) that the evocative phrase “gained new ...

Oxford University Press names "brain rot" as its 2024 word of the year in a nod to modern scrolling habits. "The term has ...

The heavy sigh and slightly hungover feeling this type of content elicits might best be described as brain rot—Oxford’s 2024 ...

Oxford University's new word of the year epitomizes the mindlessness that dominates social media. “More than 37,000 people ...

BOSTON - Oxford University Press has officially dubbed "brain rot" its 2024 word of the year. It's described as that feeling ...

Oxford has officially announced its pick for Word of the Year for 2024, revealing a term which many are likely to be familiar ...

The phrase “brain rot” spiked 230 percent from 2023 to 2024, according to the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is the focus of NATO's Allied Foreign Affairs Ministers meeting being held Tuesday and Wednesday ...