Brain Rot
brayn rotnoun
What it means
The cognitive condition produced by an attention economy, named by the people consuming it as a joke rather than a diagnosis.
What it actually means
We have done this to ourselves and made it a meme.
How it is used in a sentence
"I've got terminal brain rot from scrolling."
Filed under
Social Dynamics — The unwritten rules we invented online and now enforce in public without irony.
Diagnosis — The phrase already names a real problem. We define it properly.
Related entries
Doomscrolling
Social DynamicsDOOM-skroh-lingnounDiagnosis
The practice of consuming catastrophe until you are either numb or asleep, whichever arrives first.
Real meaningI cannot look away and I cannot help.
Chronically Online
Social DynamicsKRON-ik-lee ON-lynadjectiveDiagnosis
Describes a person whose understanding of the world is assembled entirely from the reactions of strangers, and who can therefore be defeated by one sentence spoken outside.
Real meaningNothing has happened to me and I have opinions about everything.