The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec. 1 that its experts have named "rage bait" the 2025 Word of the ...

Previous words of the year include "podcast," "goblin mode" and "brain rot." The Oxford University Press has selected "rage bait" as its word of the year, in a nod to how easily digital indignation ...

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According to an official announcement post, Oxford Dictionary’s team of lexicographers choose a shortlist of potential words each year by analyzing data and trends to “identify new and emerging words ...

Oxford University Press has officially named “rage bait” its 2025 Word of the Year. The organization defines this term as online content engineered to provoke anger, spark arguments, and drive ...

It shouldn't come as a surprise that the Oxford Dictionary has named "rage bait" its Word of the Year. The quantity of live-streamed drama in 2025 has made it clear that outrage is now fueling much ...

Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit anger or ...

George Bernard Shaw famously observed that "England and America are two countries separated by the same language." It appears, however, that this chasm has finally been overcome by the common dialect ...

You’re scrolling through Instagram when you see it: someone mixing entire bottles of bleach, Pine-Sol and dish soap into a toxic stew to “clean” their sink. Or maybe it’s a recipe video where the ...

Not long ago, making people angry was a bad idea. Nowadays, rage is a hot commodity. Time it right and you can build a whole media empire or political machine on some well-cultivated fury. At the very ...