{"id":2375431,"date":"2024-12-02T11:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-university-press-taps-brain-rot-as-word-of-the-year-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T11:50:56","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T16:50:56","slug":"oxford-university-press-taps-brain-rot-as-word-of-the-year-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oxford-university-press-taps-brain-rot-as-word-of-the-year-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford University Press taps \u2018brain rot\u2019 as word of the year &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foxford-university-press-taps-brain-rot-as-word-of-the-year-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2375431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> too be a fragment of HTML code related\u2062 to a website&#8217;s user\u200c interface component. 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However, the actual\u2064 content that would be revealed upon clicking the button \u200bis not included in the snippet provided.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Oxford University Press taps &lsquo;brain rot&rsquo; as word of the year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1896423\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/fairness-justice\/3233848\/oxford-university-shows-america-how-to-fix-academia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oxford\">Oxford<\/a> University Press <a href=\"https:\/\/corp.oup.com\/word-of-the-year\/#our-approach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oxford\">has selected<\/a> &ldquo;brain rot&rdquo; as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/895137\/merriam-webster-dictionary-reveals-2022-word-of-the-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Oxford\">word of the year<\/a> for 2024.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Brain rot,&rdquo; though first recorded in Henry David Thoreau&rsquo;s <em>Walden<\/em>, has emerged as a defining word of online, and especially meme, culture. It is used to refer to memes or content with little to no, and in some cases, deleterious, value.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">outfit defines brain rot<\/a> as the &ldquo;supposed deterioration of a person&rsquo;s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as a result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging. Also: something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The word was decided upon based on a combination of data analysis by OUP lexicographers and public input. They noted a 250% increase in frequency per million words from 2023 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p>President of Oxford Languages Casper Grathwohl said the growing trend in OUP&rsquo;s word of the year is a growing centering on the internet. He pointed to last year&rsquo;s example of &ldquo;rizz,&rdquo; which he said was &ldquo;an interesting example of how language is increasingly formed, shaped, and shared within online communities.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;&lsquo;Brain rot&rsquo; speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life, and how we are using our free time,&rdquo; Grathwohl said. &ldquo;It feels like a rightful next chapter in the cultural conversation about humanity and technology. It&rsquo;s not surprising that so many voters embraced the term, endorsing it as our choice this year.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Brain rot triumphed over five other finalists &mdash; demure, slop, dynamic pricing, romantasy, and lore &mdash; nearly all of which came to prominence due to their use in online culture.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone was in agreement &mdash; Collins Dictionary selected &ldquo;brat&rdquo; as its word of the year, a word referenced in the entry for &ldquo;demure.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1896423\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1896423\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oxford University Press names &#8220;brain rot&#8221; as 2024&#8217;s word of the year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2375432,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tiktok-app.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45990,45992,45989,32076,45991],"class_list":["post-2375431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-brain-rot","tag-language-trends","tag-oxford-university-press","tag-washington-examiner","tag-word-of-the-year"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/tiktok-app.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2375431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2375435,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2375431\/revisions\/2375435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2375432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2375431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2375431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2375431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}