From bed-rotting to quiet quitting, everyone loves a so-called trend. Here’s how to invent your own | Arwa Mahdawi

With the right rebrand, even the most banal concept can capture the zeitgeist. Imagine being the genius who relaunched the ploughman's lunch as girl dinner'

In my day, we called it depression". If you spent all day in bed, refusing to face the real world, then you were either 1) lazy, 2) hungover or 3) depressed.

I've aged myself there, haven't I? In 2023, spending an entire day lying down may be a sign that you are having a menty-b" (gen Z slang for a mental breakdown) or that you're bed-rotting". Bed-rotting, while an evocative term, is difficult to define. Depending on which articles you consult from the million that have recently been published on the phenomenon, it either means you're practising self-care and opting out of imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy norms, or it means you're a slob.