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.

Last year, OUP named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state, especially viewed as the result of ...

A look at the Oxford English Dictionary 2025 "word of the year," viewed by a person old enough to actually own, sort of, a ...

Check the 10 latest words. Learn their meanings, origins, and why these new global expressions became part of modern English.

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

In a social media post shared by Oxford University Press announcing its choice for the 2025 Word of the Year, clever ...

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

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

Back in 2013, as part of a quarterly online update, the Oxford Dictionary added the word “twerk” to its collection. The addition came after Miley Cyrus’ widely discussed performance at the MTV Video ...