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Why Brain Rot Says More About You

The Slur That Says More About Us Than Its Targets

In 2024, “brain rot” was named the Oxford English Dictionary’s Word of the Year – a fitting choice for the award’s 20th anniversary. Much like 2004’s inaugural pick of “chav”, the term says less about the people it targets than it does the anxieties it reflects. What began as a niche...
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