A look at ‘brain rot,' from TikTok to Thoreau
Update: 2024-12-12
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Oxford University Press has named “brain rot” the word of the year for 2024. The term beat out five other finalists: “demure,” “dynamic pricing,” “lore,” “romantasy,” and “slop.” This hour, a look at brain rot, from Thoreau’s Walden through to social media.
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- Casper Grathwohl: President of Oxford Languages at Oxford University Press
- Katie Notopoulos: Senior correspondent at Business Insider who writes about technology, business, and culture
- Laura Dassow Walls: Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Henry David Thoreau: A Life, among other books
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