Meaning of brain rot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character.
   derogatory, uncountable
2. Any form of media content that is deemed to hold little artistic value or negatively impact those who consume it.
   derogatory, slang, uncountable
3. The state of being obsessed with a particular work of media, particularly to an extent considered to be embarrassing.
   slang, uncountable

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Examples

“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 […]”

“We need to hold out hope and wish for the best for Gen Alpha as they are truly capable. But with the polarization of the current times and brainrot they are encountering online, it’s hard.”

“Implicit in the idea of brain rot is the fear that those who spend too much time on screens will become less intelligent, such as 'iPad Kids', Gen Z and Gen Alpha children raised in the digital age.”

“Jojo^([sic]) brain rot is real because why have I just spent the last 10 minutes thinking who'd be better at parallel parking-”

“I said they both can't act, I still liked the prequels and the acolyte, but it could just be the star wars brain rot that got me lol”

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