Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year introduces a new way to troll social media users

Last year, OUP named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...
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Oxford's New Word of the Year? Designed to Bait, Debate and Irritate

In 2024, Oxford's Word of the Year was brain rot, a phrase meant to capture the mental fatigue, dissatisfaction or dulling sensation people feel after endless scrolling through trivial or low-quality ...

“Rage Bait” Is Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year

The Oxford Word of the Year for 2025 is “rage bait,” selected after a public vote and linguistic analysis ...

Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year highlights the internet’s outrage problem

Oxford Languages has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year, citing a surge in provocative online content designed ...

'Rage bait' is Oxford's word of the year for 2025. What it means.

According to Oxford, the term "rage bait" was first used online in 2002 in reference to the reaction of a driver who is ...

Why Oxford's word of the year is 'rage bait' and what it signals for internet culture

Oxford, producer of the famous dictionary and expert in languages, has selected the internet slang "rage bait" as the word of the year. It means "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger ...
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Oxford Word of the Year: Rage bait - What does it mean?

Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait' as its word of the year. Rage bait topped two other contenders, aura farming, ...

What does “rage bait” mean? Oxford Word of the Year 2025 revealed and here's why the chosen word dominates the digital space

Oxford University Press has declared 'rage bait' its Word of the Year for 2025. This term describes online content designed to provoke anger and outrage. Its selection highlights a significant shift ...