Oxford University picks ‘brain rot’ as word of the year ...Middle East

MOSCOW: The Oxford University has chosen the word of the year by public vote, and it is “brain rot”, reported Sputnik, quoting the Oxford University Press in a statement.The concept of brain rot (literally “brain decay”) is a slang term that the Oxford Dictionary defines as “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”The competition page says that the first recorded use of the word was in 1854 in Henry David Thoreau’s book Walden; or, Life in the Woods. It is noted that over the year (from 2023 to 2024), the frequency of use of the

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