Italian brainrotとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Italian +‎ brain rot, describing the Italian associations and rambunctious style of the videos.

名詞

Italian brainrot (uncountable)

1. (Internet slang) A series of Internet memes centered around surreal AI-generated pictures and videos depicting creatures fused with everyday objects, often with pseudo-Italian names.
   • 2025 May 9, Kevin Roose, Casey Newton, “Bad Apple, the Rise of the A.I. Empire and Italian Brain Rot”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Do not be afraid of Italian brain rot, Kevin. If you have been on TikTok or Instagram or YouTube over the past many weeks, you may have encountered this unique form of AI-enabled insanity.

   • 2025 June 25, Elle Hunt, “From Chimpanzini Bananini to Ballerina Cappuccina: how gen alpha went wild for Italian brain rot animals”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:

     When one of Tim’s year 8 pupils asked him about his “favourite Italian brain rot animal”, he thought he’d misheard.

Further reading

• Italian brainrot on Wikipedia.Wikipedia