brain-rot

A form of brain rot — The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character.

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Meanings

nounbrain-rot (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of brain rot.

    These quibbles make some sense in the brain-rot context of social media, where people have been conditioned to think it’s normal to have interactions with millions of strangers at the same time, but this is not really tenable or healthy.

    2025 May 23, Charlie Warzel, “What Are People Still Doing on X?”, in The Atlantic
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APA

brain-rot. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain-rot

MLA

“brain-rot.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain-rot. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brain-rot,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brain-rot.

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