Oxford named "rage bait" the word of the year for 2025. Rage bait refers to online content created to evoke anger by being frustrating, to boost online engagement. In 2022, the word was first used to ...

Something which many of us may have fallen victim to has been selected as the Oxford Word of the Year. Having increased in use more than threefold over the past 12 months, “rage bait” has officially ...

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 ...

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 ...

'Rage bait' is Oxford's word of the year for 2025. What it means. The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec.