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There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the ...
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 ...
After tallying more than 37,000 votes from around the globe, the company on Monday announced the 2024 Oxford Word of The Year: "brain rot." A noun, 'brain rot' is defined as the assumed ...
Sorry, Swifties. The word of the year for 2023 is "rizz," according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. Rizz beat out Swiftie, situationship and de ...
Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year is more than a century old, but that doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly relevant in 2024. The winner, announced on Monday by the University of Oxford ...
Oxford University Press releases a Word of the Year annually. For 2024, they’ve technically chosen two words. “Brain rot” was selected using voting, public commentary and language data analysis.
In a year of nonstop news and cultural moments, what word will capture the tone of 2024? Oxford University Press has narrowed the list down to six words, it announced Thursday, and you can help ...
For a third consecutive year, Oxford University Press is allowing the public to vote for the 2024 Oxford Word of the Year. Voting is open now until 10 a.m. Nov. 28. Oxford's experts will then ...