WBFF- Baltimore — It is a slang term now garnishing respect for the health risks associated with it. As the term brain rot is ...

Brain rot” was chosen as the 2024 Word of the Year, but what does it mean?

The new language of the internet is both mind-numbing and irresistible.

Brain rot is a colloquial term that describes mental and cognitive decline. The Oxford University Press, where it was also named as the word of the year 2024, describes it as “the supposed ...

Brain rot refers to a decline in mental and cognitive abilities, often linked to excessive consumption of trivial online content. Brain rot may sound alarming, but the good news is that it’s ...

Many of us may have read or heard about ‘brain rot’, announced by the Oxford University Press as the Word of the Year for 2024. After reading about it, most of us may have jumped onto Google ...

Slowly, although not imperceptibly, short-form internet content has become not only the norm, but in many ways a dominant method of how people consume anything from memes to news and even music.

I’d wanted to get a kid’s perspective on “brain rot,” Oxford University Press’ 2024 word of the year that describes both low-quality video content and what seemingly happens to the mind after watching ...

At Aster Hospital, Whitefield, the boy was diagnosed with brain rot – a cognitive and emotional deterioration caused by excessive screen time and lack of real-world interaction. This was not a ...

Jessica Roy’s article titled "If You Know What 'Brain Rot' Means, You Might Already Have It", published in in The New York Times, highlights the issue. Frankly, I feel partly afflicted ...

Apparently, this is not the case. Oxford University Press (OUP) had announced ‘brain rot’ as the word of the year for 2024 after its usage frequency surged by 230% in the preceding year.