It was amusing to learn that the word of the year for 2024 is “brain rot”, according to the publishers of the Oxford English Dictionary. But it is also a little sad, as brain rot is defined as “the deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state resulting from the overconsumption of material (particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging”.
It refers to the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media. It does not take long to figure out that there can never be any good outcomes of brain rot, and it becomes another modern-day malady which can affect people of all ages.
