Deborah D Holmes

Oxford Word Of The Year 2025 Vote Online. Discover more about the winner, our shortlist, and 20 years of words that reflect the world. Oxford university press (oup) has named ‘brain rot’ as the oxford word of the year 2025, following a public vote that saw more than 37,000 people worldwide have their say.

Ap correspondent jennifer king reports on the winning word from oxford university press, to sum up 2025. “brain rot,” a term connected to the effects of wasting too much time online.