The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

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Rage bait is defined as ‘online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, ...

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Oxford English Dictionary selects ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting rising internet slang and growing ...

The Oxford University Press, which publishes among other things the Oxford English Dictionary, again has announced its word ...

Oxford’s language experts, who are the brains behind the Oxford English Dictionary, defined rage bait as “online content ...

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Oxford has chosen “rage bait” as the Word of the Year 2025, reflecting how provocative online content increasingly shapes ...