The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary has declared 'brain rot' as the word of 2024. Defined as the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state due to excessive consumption of trivial online content, the term highlights concerns about the impact of technology on human cognition.
f 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 .its choice—defined as the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material considered to be trivial or unchallenging” as well as “something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration”—on Monday.
“‘Brain rot’ speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life, and how we are using our free time,” Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Languages, said in the announcement. “It feels like a rightful next chapter in the cultural conversation about humanity and technology. It’s not surprising that so many voters embraced the term, endorsing it as our choice this year.”, published in 1854.
Other publications that have named a 2024 word of the year include Collins Dictionary, Cambridge Dictionary, Australia’s Macquarie Dictionary, and,” an adjective it said gained a new definition—“characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude”—after British pop artist,” meaning “to imagine achieving something you want, in the belief that doing so will make it more likely to happen,” though Cambridge noted “experts warn that manifesting has no scientific validity”; Macquarie...
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