Seemingly meaningless adolescent slang isn't "brain rot," it's linguistically normal, developmentally appropriate and a way ...

Short-form video is dominant on social media, and so many of us are constantly scrolling as our algorithm feeds us ...

In other words, brainrot is mostly used to describe something that will harm or damage your brain. It's meaningless drivel, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2024, “brain rot” was the Oxford word of the year. They defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a ...

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 ...

The last time you watched your favorite television show, did you pay attention all the way through? Or did you pick up your phone to scroll Instagram or check for missed notifications? This is "brain ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

Every night, I curl up in bed with a good book, ready to unwind from a day’s worth of brain-scrambling classes, 20-minute hikes to and from North Campus and enough homework to prematurely gray my hair ...