Emma Lembke joined Instagram at age 12. Soon, she found herself “scrolling mindlessly for hours, addicted to gaining a certain number of likes, a certain number of comments.” She often wanted to stop ...

Oxford named "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. The term, first used by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, saw a 230% rise in usage this year. Oxford says "brain rot" reflects modern worries about ...

This summer, Gelly taught a course on brain rot in which students read “Walden,” Henry David Thoreau’s best-known work, to ...

According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), the term “brain rot” is defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state” as ...

If a kid in your life keeps chanting “Tralalero Tralala” or “Bombardiro Crocodilo,” you’ve been hit by Italian brain rot. Here’s what the viral AI-meme phenomenon actually is, where the goofy ...

The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The term "brain rot" was used 230% more often this year, earning it Oxford's 2024 Word of the Year. The night one of the most ...

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 ...

Oxford University Press just announced its always-anticipated word of the year. No, it’s not some pretentious jargon only uttered by the world’s top thinkers. It’s a trendy expression that won’t ...