Here’s how the brainrot word list trend on TikTok works: People are having their parents or family members read a literal list of brainrot words, many of which were derived from social media users.

The words we use for family members in English are specific about some things, and vague about others. Our vocabulary marks a distinction between our mother and her sisters (some languages use one ...

Were one of these your child's first?! Not surprisingly, variations of dad and mom top the list, with 52 percent of surveyed respondents citing a first word related to dad (#1), and 35 percent of ...

Below, I've made my top 10 list of words that really ought to be salvaged before they're lost. My plan is to get my family on board with regularly using at least a couple of these. That way ...