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 ...

While Dictionary.com already picked “67″ as its word of the year, the preeminent experts on language have chosen a different path. Oxford has chosen “rage bait” as the word of 2025. Rage bait‘s ...

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 ...

The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022. Take a deep breath and think of your happy place: "rage bait" is the 2025 Oxford Word ...

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 ...

Take a deep breath and think of your happy place: "rage bait" is the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year. After three days of online voting by more than 30,000 participants, Oxford University Press announced ...