Ohio

I'm so old I don't understand those words.

It's so Ohio.

Skibbity Ohio.

Skibbity Ohio 6-7.

Any episode like that.

You have been listening to Brownest Day, Grayest Night, a Lanterns podcast.

Could the endless scrolling and viral memes be rewiring our brains in ways that we can't undo? What's really happening to our minds, and can we fix it before it's too late? This is how to cure brain rot.

Ohio, but not the state.

If you're 12, you know what I mean, and if you're not, I can explain.

Ohio is a slang word that Gen Alpha, kids born between 2010 and 2024, use to describe something weird, cringy, or random.

You might say only in Ohio, or you're so Ohio, or you might throw out Skibity Ohio Riz.

Riz is the opposite of Ohio, and Skibity means whatever you want it to.

Are you following? Ohio was the second most Googled meme in 2023.

Now, this entirely new vocabulary by Gen Alpha is entertaining and maybe a little confusing depending on how old you are, but is it a symptom of a larger trend that's potentially concerning? Brain rot isn't just a popular term, it's recently been linked to a serious mental phenomenon that researchers at Boston Children's Hospital describe as problematic interactive media use, or PIMU.