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:@? E92E C67=64ED 2 567:?:?8 E96>6 7C@> E96 A2DE `a >@?E9D]”k^Am People are also reading… Update: Old Fort man killed in motorcycle crash on I-40 identified Mission Hospital McDowell recognizes 3 nurses for National Nurses Week Marion man charged with burglary and kidnapping after woman held against her will in home 1 person killed in motorcycle crash on I-40 eastbound near Old Fort Reports: NC Rep. Chuck Edwards under investigation for sexual harassment claims McDowell Chamber of Commerce holds annual gala, awarding top businesses, leaders Duke basketball makes history with Amazon Prime deal, schedules marquee matchups McDowell County native started mowing lawns at 15. 5 years later, he has a business, employees McDowell Express expanding on-demand app-based transit to Old Fort McDowell County Sheriff’s Office searching for missing classic car Rotary Club of Marion honors three Students of the Week from McDowell schools Investigators allege friends of NASCAR's Greg Biffle stole from his home after plane crash Tow truck driver, rescuers unite to save NC donkey that was belly deep in mud 'Energy is not a luxury': Duke Energy customers speak on price increase at hearing High school students raised about 50 trout, released them at South Mountains State Park kAm“qC2:? C@E” H2D 49@D6? 3J 2 4@>3:?2E:@? @7 AF3=:4 G@E6 2?5 =2?8F286 2?2=JD:D 3J ~I7@C5 =6I:4@8C2A96CD] xE 362E 7:G6 @E96C 7:?2=:DEDi 56>FC6[ D=@A[ 5J?2>:4 AC:4:?8[ C@>2?E2DJ 2?5 =@C6]k^AmkAm(9:=6 :E >2J D66> 2 >@56C? A96?@>6?@?[ E96 7:CDE C64@C565 FD6 @7 “3C2:? C@E” H2D 3J w6?CJ s2G:5 %9@C62F :? 9:D `gdc @56 E@ E96 ?2EFC2= H@C=5[ “(2=56?]”k^Am kAm~I7@C5 {2?8F286D !C6D:56?E r2DA6C vC2E9H@9= D2:5 E92E :? :ED >@56C? D6?D6[ “’3C2:? C@E’ DA62<D E@ @?6 @7 E96 A6C46:G65 52?86CD @7 G:CEF2= =:76[ 2?5 9@H H6 2C6 FD:?8 @FC 7C66 E:>6]”k^Am kAm“xE 766=D =:<6 2 C:89E7F= ?6IE 492AE6C :? E96 4F=EFC2= 4@?G6CD2E:@? 23@FE 9F>2?:EJ 2?5 E649?@=@8J] xE’D ?@E DFCAC:D:?8 E92E D@ >2?J G@E6CD 6>3C2465 E96 E6C>[ 6?5@CD:?8 :E 2D @FC 49@:46 E9:D J62C[” 96 D2:5]k^Am kAm{2DE J62C’D ~I7@C5 H@C5 @7 E96 J62C H2D “C:KK[” 2 C:77 @? 492C:D>2[ FD65 E@ 56D4C:36 D@>6@?6’D 23:=:EJ E@ 2EEC24E @C D65F46 2?@E96C A6CD@?]k^Am kAmr@==:?D s:4E:@?2CJ’D a_ac H@C5 @7 E96 J62C :D “3C2E” – E96 2=3F> E:E=6 E92E 3642>6 2 DF>>6C\=:G:?8 :562=]k^Am In this Series 2024 Year in Review Updated Sep 19, 2025 PHOTOS: The top sports images from 2024 Updated Jun 8, 2025 PHOTOS: The top images of 2024 Updated Jun 10, 2025 PHOTOS: The top images from the US in 2024 12 updates Previous Next 0 Comments Love 0 Funny 0 Wow 0 Sad 0 Angry 0 Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story 'Polarization' is Merriam-Webster's 2024 word of the year Is it any surprise Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "polarization"? Here are the other words that rounded out the top 10 for 2024. Do you speak Gen-Alpha? Test your 'skibidi' knowledge with this vocab quiz From TikTok to the kitchen table, words like "rizzler" and "skibidi" are finding a foothold in the lexicon of today's tweens. Are you fluent e… She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok creator Jools Lebron is now working t…
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