There’s a word for the feeling you get after endlessly scrolling on social media — and Oxford chose it as their word of the year. Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the ...

Last year, Oxford chose “rizz” as its word of 2023. Derived from the word charisma, it refers to a person’s ability to attract a romantic partner. Ad Feedback. Ad Feedback.

Oxford University Press (OUP) has named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024. The term is defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state ...

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X ...

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2023 was rizz, understood as short for "charisma" Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X ...

Last year, the slang term "Goblin mode" took the prize as Oxford's 2022 word of the year. Oxford described it as a type of behavior when someone is "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly ...

The Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from Oxford’s continually updated corpus of more than 11 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world.

Oxford University Press has announced its 2024 Word of the Year contenders, including demure, brain rot, lore, dynamic pricing, slop and romantasy.

Oxford's Word of the Year 2023 — which was selected by a team of language experts and more than 32,000 votes — has become a staple of Gen-Z- and Gen-Alpha slang since it was first coined.

Oxford’s Word of the Year is based on usage evidence drawn from its continually updated corpus of more than 22 billion words, gathered from news sources across the English-speaking world.