Lobotomy (Slang)

Lobotomyis aslangterm used on social media platforms like Tik Tok(among others) that describes nonsensical and scrambled visuals, jokes and associations akin to the human brain functioning more chaotically and slowly after a lobotomy procedure. "Lobotomy" has become synonymous withschizopostingandbrain rot, another way to describe avant-garde Zoomer Humorand post-ironic content. Overall, so-called lobotomy content is akin to a broken sense of humor caused by beingchronically online. The usage of "lobotomy" started with the Me Everytime After The Lobotomyvideo that showed Bart Simpsonbumping into walls to imply confusion. Online usage of "lobotomy" became commonplace after the popularity of Hood Ironymemesin 2023, leading to the Hood Lobotomygenre of videos. Going into early 2024, "lobotomy" was used to describe Lobotomy Kaisenand Lobotomy Dash, which were coined by the Jujutsu Kaisenand Geometry Dashfandomsto describe the abstract degradation of their memes and humor.