‘Polarization,’ ‘Brain Rot,’ ‘Brat’: 2024 Words of the Year Point to Nature of Digital Culture
Merriam-Webster landed on “polarization” for its Word of the Year. The dictionary maker defined the term as “division into two sharply distinct opposites; especially, a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes.”
