LONDON — 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 “gained new prominence ...

A swirl of political, societal, technical, and practical currents converged to help a phenomenon—the “cellphone ban"—rise to prominence in 2024, making it Education Week’s word (or phrase) of the year ...

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 ...

Dec. 2 (UPI) --It's 2024, so even if you haven't yet heard about the new Word of the Year, chances are you probably have experienced it. Brain rot. On Monday, Oxford University Press -- the publishing ...

It's not unusual for the words of influencers to gain popularity. But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he's credited with introducing, ...