Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration of a person's mental or intellectual state" caused by overconsuming ...

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Last year, Oxford University Press designated "brain rot" as its word of the year, defining it as the "supposed deterioration ...

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