You know that feeling when you read something online and it seems deliberately provocative, almost manufactured to create ...

Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” — defined as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive” — as its 2025 Word of the ...

Oxford University Press crowned rage bait 2025's word of the year, and it totally epitomizes the state of the internet today.

Oxford University Press announces 'rage bait' as word of the year, defined as online content specifically designed to elicit ...

The Economist ’s choice for 2025 is a single word. It is representative, if not of the whole year, at least of much of the ...

And for those thinking Oxford is rage baiting them by declaring two words to be the word of the year, the publisher explained ...

Oxford University Press crowned “rage bait” its 2025 Word of the Year on Sunday after a public vote. Oxford Languages said ...