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… Kearney restaurant owner Carlos Godinez will be deported Grand Island man arrested for fifth DUI offense Proposal to let nonresidents vote in Omaha, Lincoln elections advances in auditor oversight bill Where to watch the Nebraska football spring game: Time, TV channel How to watch the Nebraska football spring game: Time, TV channel Catholic educators honored for service in northeast Nebraska Nebraska baseball sweeps Saturday doubleheader over Penn State Nebraska spring football game live updates, score and highlights New Grand Island restaurant offers Cuban buffet with Central American influences State Sen. John Cavanaugh fights GOP group’s ad blitz and rival criticisms in Dem primary in NE-02 1 adult, 4 juveniles charged for altercation following GISH student walkout Movies and TV shows casting in Lincoln Nebraska-Iowa basketball live updates, stats and highlights Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats Rankings: Nebraska high school baseball, March 30 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^Am kAm(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^AmkAm“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 Nation-world Do you speak Gen-Alpha? Test your 'skibidi' knowledge with this vocab quiz EDWARD MEDELES Associated Press Fashion & Style She made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS Associated Press In this Series 2024 Year in Review Updated Jul 22, 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 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.
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