"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 ...

This year's pick from Oxford University Press comes after 'Brain Rot' was named last year's word of the year - about the ...

Everyone at the table started to try on their new titles: grand uncle, uncle, cousin once removed. A new baby touches all members of the family. I am actually named after my great-grandmother, who ...

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

Quentin Tarantino revealed his unlikely beef with actor Paul Dano in a December 2025 interview. The filmmaker raised eyebrows ...

Mark Franke, M.B.A., an adjunct scholar of the Indiana Policy Review and its book reviewer, is formerly an associate ...