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scubbo 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Blogs rot. Wikis wait

> It's timely that Oxford 'academics' have no idea what 'brain rot' means but Urban Dictionary (A wiki) gets it right.

I have never seen Brain Rot used consistently with any of the UD definitions, and always consistently with the OUP's definition.

emodendroket 3 months ago | [–]

I agree with you. Also, Wiktionary is much more Wiki-like and a much better resource than Urban Dictionary.

Macha 3 months ago | [–]

The front page of urban dictionary's definitions are all added post 2020, which fits since the urban dictionary usage is the way far more online members of gen z use it.

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