An assortment of absurd, useful and funny words and phrases entered the vernacular this year. How well do you know them?

Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...

The moment ‘brain rot’ entered the Oxford dictionary, it went viral. People began using it for everything. Before this, many ...

My parents spend half of the year on an island off the coast of North Carolina where many of the residents speak a distinct and alienating dialect of English—the Ocracoke or “Hoi Toider” brogue, which ...

protect the brain as it ages. For the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, however, 2024 was the year of brain rot. "Brain rot" is a term that describes either the cause or effect of spending ...

While not a clinical diagnosis, brain rot describes the “deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” often caused by overconsumption of material, particularly online, according to the ...

Is this my “Old Man Yells at (Digital) Cloud” moment? Gone are the days when our memes are all man-made. Just a couple years ago, the internet’s favorite absurd animals were photoshopped images of a ...

So just what is "brain rot" and how did the term start? ““Brain rot” is a term for the mental decline that can come from overconsumption of low quality or unchallenging online content,” Healthline ...

“Brain rot” refers to a state of mental sluggishness triggered by excessive screen time and constant app-hopping, ultimately ...

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 ...

The term “brain rot” dates back to Henry David Thoreau’s 1854 book Walden,but in the digital age, it has become Oxford University Press’ 2024 Word of the Year. With people averaging nearly seven hours ...