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‘Brain Rot’ Crowned Oxford’s Word of the Year: TikTok Trend Highlights Concerns of the Digital Age

A 19th-century concept first written about by Henry David Thoreau in ‘Walden’ trended high on the social media app.

Brain rot was voted "word of the year for 2024," according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Brain rot was voted "word of the year for 2024," according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. Courtesy of Oxford English Dictionary