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I'm seeing some confusion in the comments as to whether 'Brain rot' is one word or in fact two words. 'Brain rot', in the context of this slang term, can be co
by joshdavham 2y ago
I'm seeing some confusion in the comments as to whether 'Brain rot' is one word or in fact two words.
'Brain rot', in the context of this slang term, can be considered one word.
Despite that you can technically split 'Brain rot' into 'brain' and 'rot' (which are both words), 'brain rot' isn't actually the sum of its parts and has a more idiomatic meaning than just 'brain' + 'rot'.
- MathMonkeyMan 2y agolike "common law"
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- fenomas 2y agoThat's not what the comments are about - they're noting that the cohort popularly using this term spells it "brainrot", so it's odd that Oxford picked a different spelling.
- joshdavham 2y agoThere were other comments. I know which one you’re referring to though.
- airstrike 2y agoIt's still one two-word expression.