brain rot

Noun

 * 1)  The degradation of mental faculties, intelligence, common sense, or moral character.
 * 2) * 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden (1897 printing), page 501:
 * While England endeavors to cure the potato-rot, will not any endeavor to cure the brain-rot, which prevails so much more widely and fatally?
 * 1)  Media deemed to hold little artistic value and/or negatively impact those who consume it.
 * 2) * 2011, John Vannisselroy, "Reality bites: we need less English Premier League", TNT Magazine, 15 August 2011 - 21 August 2011, page 52:
 * So this winter, I'll chill on the couch watching The Only Way Is Essex or some similar brainrot instead, happy it'll be over in a [sic] hour
 * 1)  Media deemed to hold little artistic value and/or negatively impact those who consume it.
 * 2) * 2011, John Vannisselroy, "Reality bites: we need less English Premier League", TNT Magazine, 15 August 2011 - 21 August 2011, page 52:
 * So this winter, I'll chill on the couch watching The Only Way Is Essex or some similar brainrot instead, happy it'll be over in a [sic] hour
 * 1) * 2011, John Vannisselroy, "Reality bites: we need less English Premier League", TNT Magazine, 15 August 2011 - 21 August 2011, page 52:
 * So this winter, I'll chill on the couch watching The Only Way Is Essex or some similar brainrot instead, happy it'll be over in a [sic] hour

Translations

 * Esperanto: enhavaĉo
 * Portuguese: brainrot