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 ...
Rage bait is the word of the year Credit: Photo by Dilara Irem Sancar/Anadolu via Getty Images Every December, Oxford University Press encapsulates the previous year with one word and crowns it word ...
‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford English Dictionary publisher’s Word of the Year for 2025. Oxford University Press analysis showed use of the phrase has tripled in the past 12 months. After 'brain rot' took ...
The Official Oxford Word of the Year 2025 is rage bait: Online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted to increase ...