Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While not a clinical diagnosis, the term ‘brain rot’ captures the burnt out feeling that follows an online scrolling session If ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Leslie Katz covers the intersection of culture, science and tech. Oxford University Press announced its 2024 word of the year on ...

The term "brain rot" refers to how low-quality internet content may slow your brain function. It's usually tied to watching specific types of content, usually nonsensical, embarrassing, or weird. But ...

“Brain rot” is the official Word of the Year for 2024, according to the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher, Oxford University Press. Here’s how that august chronicler of English defines the phrase: ...

Oxford University Press has chosen "brain rot" as its word of the year. The word is defined as "supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of ...

There’s a name for that feeling you get after spending too long scrolling aimlessly, and Oxford University Press (OUP) has chosen it as its word for the year for 2024. “Brain rot” took the title in a ...

This is the seventh installment in a series of articles about the science of various aspects of college life. In a matter of weeks, “6 7” has transformed from two sequential numbers to a phrase so ...

Is this my “Old Man Yells at (Digital) Cloud” moment? Gone are the days when our memes are all man-made. Just a couple years ago, the internet’s favorite absurd animals were photoshopped images of a ...

While December headlines the holiday season, it's also the month in which we reflect and enjoy some of the many year-end recaps. As we anticipated the release of Spotify Wrapped, the Oxford English ...

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