Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. advertisement. From Brat to 'brain rot': 2024's biggest memes and moments. Story by Angela Yang ...

Brain rot is what happens when it’s no longer a joke. “Don’t you dare gatekeep you pick me, I do a GRWM for my OOTD, but I don’t have the proper ring light,” she said in one video.

It is also defined as "something characterized as likely to lead to such deterioration," Oxford announced in a news release. "'Brain rot' speaks to one of the perceived dangers of virtual life ...

While it may seem a modern phenomenon, the first recorded use of “brain rot” was by Henry David Thoreau in his 1854 ode to the natural world, “Walden.” ...

This week, I'm taking a look at a brain-rot creator Cookie King, whose constant output of brain-rot videos is shaping the internal lives of millions of kids under 15. I'm also taking a look at ...

Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. We’ve come quite a ways since the days of dank memes and lolcats. IE 11 is not supported.