Repeatly saying Gen Alphas topics or other cringeworthy or annoying topics such as Skibidi toilet or Sigma to other people and rotting their brains along with yours.
Brainrot is a slang used for when somebody's, especially a young child's, cognitive, intellectual, physical and mental abilities are degraded from any sort of source, such as short-form videos or even pornography. Affects can range from loss of attention span to short-term memory loss.
Gen alpha kid: Level 5 gyatt rizz livvy dunne rizzing up baby gronk ice spice what da dog doin skibidi toilet in real life only in ohio we go gym zyzz creatine alpha sigma cuh dey board
Sane person: Brainrot.
When an online social media post is so random, mentally deteriorating, weird, and Gen Z-infected it quite literally causes your brain to rot.
Person 1: On gang this skibidi toilet episode made me edge ayo bro what the sus and rizzing your gyatt be like: boi what da hell Gegagedigedagedago sus
Brainrot is a term frequently used to refer to media with no comedic, educational, or artistic value. A common example of brainrot is a form of internet media called "shitposting" which is a type of short form video popularized in late 2022, used to overstimulate and/or confuse the viewer. An example of a shitpost is an animation series from the YouTube channel, "DaFuq?Boom!" called skibidi toilet. Additionally, there are many terms synonymous with brainrot, such as Skibidi, Ohio, Gyatt, Rizz, Fanum Tax, Edging, Mewing, Sigma, Blumpkin, Etc.
Person 1: "Did you see the latest episode of Skibidi Toilet?"
Person 2: "I don't watch skibidi toilet, it's complete brainrot."