brain rot
/ˈbɹeɪn ˌɹɑt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.68 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character.
Derogatory; Uncountable
noun
Any form of media content that is deemed to hold little artistic value or negatively impact those who consume it.
Derogatory; Slang; Uncountable
noun
The state of being obsessed with a particular work of media, particularly to an extent considered to be embarrassing.
Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?"
- "And then our parents decided that comics books were to blame for their children's brain rot, tossing most of these halftone gems in the garbage."
- "I carried with me a vague awareness of the political state of the world. I had actual views on things. I made mid-conversation gags that mostly paid off. And yet, four months into babyland and I have reached brain rot."
- "[…] I remember that I had to stay home and receive a stern lecture on the evils of Tinseltown brainrot."
- "It could be a great album, like Big Star’s Radio City, or it could be one composed entirely of what I deemed to be drab, scum-sucking brainrot, like The Stereophonics’ Performance And Cocktails."
- "So this winter, I'll chill on the couch watching The Only Way Is Essex or some similar brainrot instead, happy it'll be over in a hour […]"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɹeɪn ˌɹɑt/
- British English: /ˈbɹeɪn ˌɹɒt/