AP Spotlight How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is 'brain rot' From the 2024 Year in Review series Associated Press Dec 2, 2024 Dec 2, 2024 Updated Jun 7, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LONDON — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year.kAm~I7@C5 &?:G6CD:EJ !C6DD D2:5 |@?52J E92E E96 6G@42E:G6 A9C2D6 “82:?65 ?6H AC@>:?6?46 :? a_ac[” H:E9 :ED 7C6BF6?4J @7 FD6 :?4C62D:?8 ab_T 7C@> E96 J62C 367@C6]k^AmkAm~I7@C5 567:?6D 3C2:? C@E 2D “E96 DFAA@D65 56E6C:@C2E:@? @7 2 A6CD@?’D >6?E2= @C :?E6==64EF2= DE2E6[ 6DA64:2==J G:6H65 2D E96 C6DF=E @7 @G6C4@?DF>AE:@? @7 >2E6C:2= W?@H A2CE:4F=2C=J @?=:?6 4@?E6?EX 4@?D:56C65 E@ 36 EC:G:2= @C F?492==6?8:?8]”k^Am kAm%96 H@C5 @7 E96 J62C :D :?E6?565 E@ 36 “2 H@C5 @C 6IAC6DD:@? 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