Polarization is Merriam-Websters 2024 word of the year [Video]

The Oxford University Press Word or phrase of the year is officially brain wrot *** rather telling symptom of the time we’re living in. Don’t you think? In fact, psychologist and Oxford University Professor Andrew Pris Bilski says the popularity of the word is exactly that the BBC reports. The term captures concerns about the all too consuming online content that has seen *** 230% increase in social media usage from 2023 to 2024. The site does reiterate the term itself is more in relation to the deterioration of *** person’s mental or intellectual state with particular reference to the overconsumption of somewhat trivial or unchallenging material. The first recorded you of the phrase dates back to 1854 much earlier than the creation of the internet. So perhaps it’s not solely to blame brain rot scored victory over five other phrases or words on the dictionary publisher’s shortlist. These included …