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Brainrot

A type of content which makes one visibly or mentally disgusted, like cringe taken to another level if you will.

Brainrot is most common on YouTube Shorts and TikTok, but brainrot can also spread to the real world through acts and sentences.
Person 1: Hey 2, watch this video I found with me! *shows a cringy TikTok*
Person 2: *visibly disgusted* This is complete brainrot!
by YoshiGPLS April 17, 2024
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Brainrot Kid

brain·rot kid /ˈbrān-ˌrät kid/
noun slang

1. a young person whose mind or behavior is perceived as dulled or overtaken by excessive exposure to online media such as viral videos, memes, or digital trends.

2. a child or teenager who frequently speaks, acts, or thinks in terms rooted in internet culture to the point of appearing detached from real-world awareness or critical thought.

Etymology: From brainrot (“mental dulling or degradation caused by overexposure to trivial digital media”) + kid (“child or young person”).
First use: Early 2020s.
Synonyms: meme kid; chronically-online teen; internet-addled youth.
Antonyms: bookworm; offline kid; outdoorsy child.
Ever since he started scrolling on YouTube Shorts, he has became a real brainrot kid
by Bash_KS_Basho November 12, 2025
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Brainrot

Brainrot is a word that is used when something makes no sense and you cannot understand Usally used by GenZ but it's slowly becoming a buzzword
Video: skbidi rizz
Viewer: dude this is brainrot
by Totallynotmwa May 27, 2024
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Brainrot

The epitome of brainrot
by NinoLmao April 9, 2024
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Brainrotted Nigga

Type of niggas that have brainrot, they are not only limited to being of dark skin coloured, so you can call a white person brainrotted nigga aswell, you do not require the N-word pass to call someone a brainrotted nigga, you are free to call anyone a brainrotted nigga as long as they are doing brainrotted activities and are embarassing their ancestors and themselves alongside with lowering the IQ avarage of the room they are in.
Person 1: "That white boy is such a brainrotted nigga!"
Person 2: "I dnot tnihk you can clal him taht."
Person 1: "I can clal anoyne a brainrotted nigga, yuo dnot need an n-wrod psas for it!"
Brainrotted Nigga: "Sigma sigma, on the wall, who is the skibidiest, of them all?"
Person 1 & 2: "Suht the fcuk up Brainrotted Nigga!"
by verybasedfigglebottomale October 18, 2025
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Gen Alpha Brainrot

Gen Alpha Brainrot is a meme aesthetic that parodies memes, slang, media and internet culture associated with Gen Alpha and younger kids on sites such as TikTok and YouTube. It is unknown when it directly began but it is likely to have started after the boom in popularity of Skibidi Toilet and other memes from that time. Other names are Ironic Alpha, Skibidicore, Ohiocore.

Decade of origin
Early 2020s; popularized in 2023

Key motifs
Skibidi Toilet, oversaturated Gen Alpha slang, 2020s memes, TikTok, YouTube Shorts

Related aesthetics
Funwaacore
ElsaGate
Deep TikTok

This goofy ass generation creating these unfunny memes and slangs I can say that this generation is pure brainrot. But, there are still Gen Alphas who are clean of brainrot. "Don't blame the kids, blame the parents" No shit, blame the kids and the parents. Some gen alpha brainrot slangs and memes words are:
1. Gyatt
2. Skibidi
3. Rizz/Rizzler
4. Ohio
5. Kai Cenat
6. Fanum Tax
7. Sigma
8. Chad
9. Ishowspeed
10. Griddy
11. Mr. Beast

Some phrases of Gen Alpha Brainrot are:
1. Only in Ohio
2. Skibidi Toilet
3. Grimace Shake
4. Among Us
5. Baby Gronk
6. Level 1 Gyatt Level 2 Gyatt Level 3 Gyatt
7. Livvy Dunne
8. Becoming Uncanny
9. Lobotomy Fire in the Hole
and more.

Emojis are:
1. Skull emoji
2. Crying Emoji
3. Man speaking loudly emoji
4. Fire emoji
and more.

Sources:
Aesthetic Fandom Wiki
TikTok
YouTube
Know Your Meme
School
Kid: Sticking out your gyatt for the rizzler. You're so fanum tax
Me: wtf kid bro is gen alpha brainrot
Kid: Hey don't say bad words or your skibidi >:(
Me: I think your mommy should take your ipad
Kid: No you can't hahaha swag like ohio
Me: ...
Me: I'll go to your house to take your ipad
Kid: You don't know my adress, kai cenat
Me: You're so Gen Alpha Brainrot
Me: *says adress*
Kid: HOWWW?? Stop hacking. I have sigma meal and skibidi slicers.
Me: That's it. I'm taking your Ipad
Me: *takes kids ipad*
Kid: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! *cries*
Me: I'm gonna copy a technique from your dad
Kid: w-what? *cries*
Me: *leaves for the milk*
Kid: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!! *cries harder*
by titandestroyer6000 April 28, 2024
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brainrot

Something that is consumed by 5 year old little Timmy's on their iPad. Examples include things like skibidi toilet or lankybox.

Variations of this word include brainrotted.
"Hey. My 7-year-old little cousin is watching brainrot again."
"It's fine bro, my 5-year-old little brother is brainrotted to the max."
by just a guy _1234567890 December 15, 2024
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