According to Oxford, the word of 2024 is “brain rot.” Oxford defines it as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of overconsumption of material (now particularly online content) considered to be trivial or unchallenging.” The excessive amount of junk packed into current memes is what makes it considered brain rot, common examples include Skibidi Toilet, Chill Guy, and Low Taper Fade. As well, there are people that symbolize brain rot. Including Baby Gronk and Rizzler.
Generation Z and other generations have been attacking Generation Alpha because this is the generation that has such brain rotting memes popular. As well, children within this generation are usually attached to their iPads for entertainment.
Skibidi Toilet is essentially a 3D model of a head in a toilet. This was originally made to repopularize the sandbox game “GMod.” The creator of Skibidi Toilet is Alexey Gerasimov.
Chill Guy is a dog who is chill and doesn’t care at all. Phillip Banks created the character by posting a photo of it on Instagram. It is to represent the stereotype men’s mindset of always having to be okay.
Low Taper Fade is a haircut the Twitch streamer Ninja got. Since then, guys get this haircut for the meme.
Baby Gronk is a ten year old boy named Madden San Miguel. His rise to infamy came from posing with NCAA, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, star Olivia “Livvy” Dunne. He “rizzes” (charms) Livvy by his natural “rizz” (charm).
The Rizzler is an eight year old boy named Christian Joseph. He is infamous for making a face that “rizzes the girls.” He is commonly with a group of guys called the Costco Guys.
The Costco Guys contains a father and son duo A.J. (Andrew Befumo Jr.) and Big Justice (Eric Justice Befumo.) They are famous for rating food in Costco with a “boom meter.” They also particularly like the foods chicken bakes and double chunk chocolate cookies.
