Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. The colloquial definition of memes has expanded ... to alternative text-based social media apps ...

While brain rot is a real and pressing concern in our digital age, it is not an inevitable outcome. By approaching technology ...

Tralalero Tralala is TikTok's latest viral brain rot meme. In the meme, an AI-generated shark wearing Nike shoes can be seen singing in a robotic Italian voice, chanting, "Trallallero Trallalla ...

As I observed in a column last year, the 2024 election was characterized online by its brain-rot memes, nonsensical collisions of imagery that produced a lot of noise but little coherent impact.

Kennedy, showers naked behind her. Brain rot ranks among memes and buzzwords we’ve heard over the last 12 months. The others in Oxford’s shortlist include “Demure,” which is very mindful ...

Brain rot—or brainrot—is a Gen Z slang term that means “chronically online,” and brainrot memes are so nonsensical they’re capable of “brain rotting.” With enough participation ...

Minimalist gadgets like the new Light Phone III, a smartphone that barely does anything, promise to help us focus. The ...

All are phrases well known among the younger community, also commonly referred to as ‘Brain Rot’, the term Brain Rot surfaced on the internet around as early as 2004 and has now regained its ...

"Let's take school for example," Nelson said of how brain rot can manifest. "You're sitting in class and you're trying to focus. They're going to be looking around, not attending to what the ...