Gen Alpha is Brainrotted And That's Okay | Kiara Galway | TEDxKGV School Youth
If you've spent any time online recently, you might have heard a new kind of vocabulary.Skibidi. Sigma. Aura. These phrases seem to have become omnipresent on the internet and in schools, but where did they come from? How did these words come to be, and why do they sound so ridiculous? Kiara, a Year 13 student passionate about linguistics, hopes to give this seemingly senseless language a chance. With ‘brain rot’ being named the Word of the Year, slang and how it’s used has never been more relevant. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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