I’d stumbled across the Pine Wizard Frog—a recurring character on the official TikTok account of household cleaning fluid ...

Teens talk about their “brain rot” online. While there isn’t data to back it up, per se, experts do have concerns about the ...

Words change their meaning over time, and in the year that's passed since Oxford's honor, the internet has shifted more ...

(NewsNation) — Are you or someone that you know addicted to scrolling on social media? You might be experiencing “brain rot” and could benefit from a break from digital consumption. While not a ...

Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase “brain rot” has exploded online, used to describe everything from too much ...

The last time you watched your favorite television show, did you pay attention all the way through? Or did you pick up your phone to scroll Instagram or check for missed notifications? This is "brain ...

protect the brain as it ages. For the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary, however, 2024 was the year of brain rot. "Brain rot" is a term that describes either the cause or effect of spending ...

"Brain rot" refers to mindless, often absurd online content popular with kids and tweens, especially on TikTok and Roblox. A viral subgenre called "Italian brain rot" features surreal AI characters ...

Recently, my teen son and I went to the premiere of the new Dylan biopic, and while wending our way outside the swellegant crowd on Hollywood Boulevard, we passed a twentysomething production staffer ...

I’m a frequent consumer of the internet, and it’s gotten to the point where I encounter something referential to Skibidi Toilet, Sigmas or, most recently, influencer-turned-boxer KSI’s new song “Thick ...