"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 ...

In a move that could trigger fits of fury among readers, Oxford University Press — publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary ...

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

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

Every dictionary has its word of the year now, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) reigns supreme among categorisations ...

At the heart of these efforts is Jean-Paul Sliva, an Assyrian whose grandparents were among the first to settle in France and ...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other ...

The term "has become shorthand for content designed to elicit anger by being frustrating, offensive or deliberately divisive ...

The world is rapidly moving forward with new trends, technology and lifestyles changes and even our vocabulary continues to grow.We are witnessing the emergence of hundreds of new and unique words ...

What does rage baiting mean, why did Oxford choose this word, and what does it say about the world in 2025? We explain.

The phrase refers to online content that is deliberately designed to elicit anger in order to drive traffic to a particular ...