We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is ...

The ‘Tung Tung Tung Sahur’ meme is taking over TikTok, amassing millions of views. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

I think of brain-rot internet memes as springing fully formed from the collective unconscious of the internet like Athena sprang from the head of Zeus, but the culture vultures at KnowYourMeme ...

TikTok users are planning the ‘colonization’ of YouTube Shorts with a takeover of ‘brainrot’ memes on March 25 to combat the ‘meme drought.’ ...

This week's top trends among young people are the Hozier Yell, the word Jugg and controversies over chess and chubby filters.

No new memes? TikTokers declare March 2025 the start of the ‘Great Meme Depression’ ‘When I’m really old and have grandkids, I’m gonna tell my grandkids about the TikTok Great Depression ...

Brain rot—or brainrot—is a Gen Z slang term that means “chronically online,” and brainrot memes are so nonsensical they’re capable of “brain rotting.” With enough participation ...

In this juxtaposition lies the heart of our exploration: Has language, from the florid heights of the Renaissance to the meme-saturated quips of today, devolved into a state of "brain rot"?