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

The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022.

Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious ...

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"Rage bait is a compound of the words rage, meaning a violent outburst of anger, and bait, an attractive morsel of food. Both ...

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 on Monday named “rage bait” its 2025 Word of the Year, as the word 'captured a cultural moment.' ...

The latest OED update shows how quickly language changes as new cultures, online trends and everyday expressions enter global ...