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Brainrot

Low-quality internet content — and the state of having watched too much.

What it actually means

Content so repetitive and meaningless it feels like it's melting your brain. Teenagers use it self-critically: admitting they've been scrolling for three hours. 'Italian brainrot' refers to a specific family of AI-generated nonsense characters.

In the wild

sorry im speaking in brainrot i was on tiktok all day

I've been online too long and it's affecting how I talk.

While you're here

6-7
An inside joke with no punchline. Say it, don't explain it.
Fanum tax
Stealing a bit of someone's food.
Ohio
Weird, cursed, low-quality.
Sigma
A lone-wolf type. Now mostly a joke.

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