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Malaysian bookshop hits on novel idea to hook readers addicted to ‘brain rot’

South China Morning Post · · 164 words · By Iman Muttaqin Yusof
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“Malaysian bookshop BookXcess introduced a 'Brain Un-Rot Library' that converts 100 books into short TikTok clips.”
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“Oxford University Press named 'brain rot' its word of the year in 2024, defining it as mental or intellectual decline linked to overconsumption of trivial online content.”
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Wikipedia entries about Oxford University Press do not mention 'brain rot' as a 2024 word of the year. No corroborating evidence found in provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Oxford has 36 colleges, three societies, and four permanent private halls (PPHs) of religious foundation. The colleges and PPHs are autonomous self-governing corporations within the …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the w…
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