We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is ...

Research has shown that smartphone addiction causes major increases in brain activity, requiring the brain to work harder to ...

How is this even entertainment? The heavy sigh and slightly hungover feeling this type of content elicits might best be described as brain rot—Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year. Brain rot is ...

The YouTube Shorts colonization movement is a trend aiming to bring brain rot content to YouTube before the TikTok ban is set ...

The first recorded use of ‘brain rot’ was found in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden, according to Oxford University Press. “While England endeavours to cure the potato rot ...

TikTok users are planning the ‘colonization’ of YouTube Shorts with a takeover of ‘brainrot’ memes on March 25 to combat the ...

Regardless of your age, the science is clear: Brain rot is real. Brain rot is not a medical condition — it’s slang describing the mental malaise and isolation caused by excessive screen time.

The term "brain rot" is having its moment in the sun. First written down by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, brain rot became the Oxford Dictionary Word of the Year in 2024. While this isn’t a ...

‘Brain rot’—the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year—describes the potential mental decline caused by spending way too many hours on your phone or computer. If you’ve ever surfaced from an hours ...

Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2024 has been chosen – and it’s one that has roots not only in Gen Z meme culture, but also in Henry David Thoreau’s literary work. ‘Brain rot’ is the ...