Question

'Brain rot' is Oxford University Press' word of the year

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What research do you think went into the selection of this term for their word of the year?

Answer 1

This information is correct, as verified on Oxford University Press' website. NBC is also a reliable news network, as they cited not only Oxford University Press in their article, but also a statement from the publication's president and a previous article from NBC about the effects of 'brain rot' in society. This article is therefore not misinformation.

Answer 2

'Brain rot' is Oxford University Press' word of the year

Keller: Why "brain rot" is Oxford's word of the year

The information is correct both articles state that Oxford has chosen the popular gen z term "brain rot" as their word of the year. 

Answer 3

Yes, it is! It's officially posted on their website! I found two links from the official Oxford Press. They even show a bunch of infographics and data on the world! This is a fact!

Source: https://corp.oup.com/word-of-the-year/

and here it is again! https://corp.oup.com/news/brain-rot-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024/

Answer 4

The claim that the term 'brain rot' is the Oxford Press word of the year is true. According to the Oxford University Press website, the word was chosen from a total of 37,000 public votes. Further proving the claim, the CBS article linked includes Oxford Languages President Casper Grathwohl providing context as to why this word was chosen.

Answer 5

The claim "'Brain rot' is Oxford University Press' word of the year" is true. According to an article by Oxford University Press, the term "brain rot" has been named the word of the year.

Answer 6

True, per the source itself: https://corp.oup.com/news/brain-rot-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2024/. "Following a public vote in which more than 37,000 people had their say, we’re pleased to announce that the Oxford Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘brain rot’.

Our language experts created a shortlist of six words to reflect the moods and conversations that have helped shape the past year. After two weeks of public voting and widespread conversation, our experts came together to consider the public’s input, voting results, and our language data, before declaring ‘brain rot’ as the definitive Word of the Year for 2024."