The word of the year has been decided, and it’s ‘brain rot’.
No, this isn’t some terrible flesh-eating disease...it’s defined as “The supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of [online content] considered to be trivial or unchallenging.”
So basically what happens to all of us when we decide to be couch potatoes scrolling on our phones for hours, and we’re fine with that.