Word of the Week: alert fatigue (noun)
Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries add new words and meanings regularly. Here’s one for 2026: alert fatigue – the feeling of being tired of getting too many alerts (notifications) on your phone or other device. Example: “Because of alert fatigue, many people switch off notifications in the evening.”
In class (2 min): “Which three phone notifications would you never switch off? Which could you live without?” Pairs agree on their top three and tell the class why.
Link to OUP website: https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/alert-fatigue
