Are you spending hours scrolling mindlessly on Instagram reels and TikTok? If so, you might be suffering from brain rot, which has become the Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year.
It is a term that captures concerns about the impact of consuming excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on social media.
Some other words may well have been justified in being named word of the year, but brain rot sounds just right to Stalker’s ears.
