Oxford University Press releases a Word of the Year annually. For 2024, they’ve technically chosen two words. “Brain rot” was selected using voting, public commentary and language data analysis.

Last month, on Nov. 14, Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its favorite. Language experts from the publishing house of the ...

This season brings with it another major occasion besides Thanksgiving or Christmas. For a third consecutive year, Oxford University Press is allowing the public to vote for the 2024 Oxford Word ...

It’s official. “Brain rot” is the Oxford dictionary’s word of the year. Many of us have felt that fuzzy feeling before, usually brought on by a digital overload. Oxford University Press ...

LONDON (AP) — Many of us have felt it, and now it’s official: “brain rot” is the Oxford dictionaries’ word of the year. Oxford University Press said Monday that the evocative phrase ...

Oxford notes that the term increased in usage frequency by 230% between 2023 and 2024. “Polarization” is the choice of ...

According to Action News Jax, Oxford University Press has picked its word that sums up the year 2024. The usage, according to ...

It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" ...

Believe it or not, the Word of the Year (sometimes abbreviated WOTY) is a common practice for a lot of people. Two of the most trusted word originators (Oxford University ...

Word nerds unite every January 9 and choose carefully their, well, words. While the origins of this holiday are unknown, many ...

“Brain rot” has been declared the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year, reflecting a growing concern over the impact of excessive consumption of trivial online content on mental health.