Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year. It's defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” especially from consuming too much low-grade online content.

If you’ve been scrolling too long on social media, you might be suffering from “brain rot,” the word of 2024, per the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary.After public consultation, Oxford University Press announced its choice—defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,

Oxford’s 2024 term of the year, "Brain Rot," highlights mental deterioration linked to excessive, low-quality social media content.

Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling unchallenging content on social media? This year's Oxford word of the year could describe your exact situation.

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Capping off a year that proved, without a shadow of a doubt, that non- A.V. Club readers are spending too much time ingesting the worst shit imaginable online, the Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” Word of the Year.

See what other terms made the Oxford University Press shortlist and what other publications chose as their word of 2024.

Brain rot,' referring to mental deterioration from excessive consumption of trivial online content, has been named Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year. This term reflects the impact of excessive internet use and low-quality information consumption,

You might have heard of the term 'brain rot' as an allusion to mindless scrolling in the voids of social media. The term, mostly used by young people (Generation Z and Generation Alpha), kept being thrown out,