Brain Rot: The Groundbreaking New Word in the Social Media and Mental Health World
Jennifer Gannon
We all know that we have felt it, at some point or the other; you know, that niggling, noxious feeling we get when we know we’ve been online a little too long. The head feels heavier, the eyes feel drier, and it is almost as if your brain actually hurts. Well, now it has an official name: Brain rot. According to the language experts at Oxford Dictionary, brain rot has been proven to be a real thing, and this is why they chose it as the official ‘word of the year’ for 2024, in recognition of the growing, toxic relationship between social media and mental health. The Oxford team crowned...
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