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It has been proposed in this section that Brain rot be renamed and moved to BrainrotBrainrot. A bot will list this discussion on the requested moves current discussions subpage within an hour of this tag being placed. The discussion may be closed 7 days after being opened, if consensus has been reached (see the closing instructions). Please base arguments on article title policy, and keep discussion succinct and civil. Please use {{subst:requested move}}. Do not use {{requested move/dated}} directly. Links: current log • target log • direct move

Brain rot → BrainrotBrainrot – "Brainrot" is way more used than "Brain rot". 🥭 Mango ^{[ talk | edits ]} 16:49, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: This exact move has already been proposed in the past before. Have you read the previous discussion? Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 17:18, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, here's Ngrams, which to me says otherwise. Thanks, 1isall (he/him) (talk | contribs) 17:19, 29 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Oppose Per ngrams usage. Even if that wasn't the case, it's still in flux so much that there's no use trying to move it, so we may as well stick with the status quo. ᴢxᴄᴠʙɴᴍ (ᴛ) 02:08, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]