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

Cast your mind back to the most viral and bizarre internet jokes of the year. From Chicken Jockey to Jet2 Holiday, we bring ...

A chimpanzee-banana hybrid called Chimpanzini Bananini. A cappuccino ballerina named Ballerina Cappuccina. A grinning crocodile bomber jet dubbed Bombardiro Crocodilo. Apparently, these are the stars ...

Has spending too much time looking at nonsense memes online given you “brain rot”? Is that actually a real thing? We spoke with experts about whether too much time scrolling can have effects on areas ...

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

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In 2024, “brain rot” was the Oxford word of the year. They defined it as “the supposed deterioration of a ...

The moment the SheKnows Teen Council settled around the table during one of our focus groups, the chaos began. “Wait, you don’t know Mango Funk?” one girl gasped, half-laughing, half-scandalized.

So just what is "brain rot" and how did the term start? ““Brain rot” is a term for the mental decline that can come from overconsumption of low quality or unchallenging online content,” Healthline ...