WBFF- Baltimore — It is a slang term now garnishing respect for the health risks associated with it. As the term brain rot is ...

Brain rot” was chosen as the 2024 Word of the Year, but what does it mean?

It’s the way that podcast hosts talk in my ear. I know I’m not alone, because people in my life complain about their own brain-rot speech patterns all the time. I’ve also seen strangers do it.

Brain rot is a colloquial term that describes mental and cognitive decline. The Oxford University Press, where it was also named as the word of the year 2024, describes it as “the supposed ...