The verbal encapsulation of 2024 explains everything from “shrimp Jesus” to disgusting viral recipes and clickbait headlines.

“Looking back at Oxford Word of the Year over the last two decades, you can see society’s growing preoccupation with how our ...

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

Gen Alpha’s hyper-online manner of speaking has officially entered the zeitgeist. Oxford University Press announced Monday ...

Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” its word of the year. It's defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

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

The first recorded use of “brain rot,” according to Oxford University Press, was in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, published ...

"Brain rot," though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, has emerged as a defining word of online, and especially ...

This is Oxford University Press' Word of the Year. It's what happens when you scroll on social media too much.

With excessive, low-quality social media content at an all-time high, intellectual deterioration seemed to find everyone this ...