"Modern media and technology constantly remind us to preserve our memory and protect our history. However, memory is ...
A lot of us love to scroll on social media so most will be familiar with term "brain rot" - but for parents, the word isn't in their vocabulary which is clear to see with a hilarious new TikTok trend.
I teach a course on the relationship between social media and society at Durham College. As part of their assessments, I ask ...
Okay, if you have a teenager in your life, it’s a safe bet you have been challenged to define – or say – “brain rot words”. Some of them quite funny… like this one – But, Gen Z isn’t the first to have ...
Many of us may have read or heard about ‘brain rot’, announced by the Oxford University Press as the Word of the Year for 2024. After reading about it, most of us may have jumped onto Google ...
Jessica Roy’s article titled "If You Know What 'Brain Rot' Means, You Might Already Have It", published in in The New York Times, highlights the issue. Frankly, I feel partly afflicted ...
Although she claims this is an example of “purple-heart core” (a category of recent memes grouped with a “purple heart” emoji), I, as an “old” person would place it into the category of “brain rot,” ...
Don't miss out on the headlines from SA News. Followed categories will be added to My News. Keeping up with their ever-growing vocab is something Raukkan mum-of-four Kalah Lovegrove, 40, struggles ...