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'Rage bait' is the Oxford word of the year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger
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 ...
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Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year introduces a new way to troll social media users
Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious publisher defines “rage bait” as “online content deliberately designed to ...
Defining 2025’s words of the year
Collins Dictionary’s word of the year, “vibe coding,” is an emerging trend in software development. It refers to when people ...
Psychology Today
Rage Bait: What Oxford’s Word of the Year Says About Us
Source: Walther. ChatGTP. 2025 “Rage bait” becoming Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025 offers a psychological X-ray of (the anglophone parts of) society today. Defined as online content “deliberately ...
Word of the year for 2025: All sorts of picks have been made but here’s one that deserves the crown
Anyone who doesn’t know what ‘AI slop’ or ‘rage bait’ mean may be forgiven—and might have a point. As word-of-the-year ...
The Daily News of Newburyport
Letter: Oxford word of the year says much about us
Every year, Oxford University Press rolls out a word of the year to add to its iconic English Dictionary, the OED. The selection is made by tracking language trends in its vast database, spotting ...