‘Rage bait’ named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025

LONDON (AP) — Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of ...

Oxford’s 2025 Word of the Year highlights the internet’s outrage problem

Oxford Languages has chosen “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year, citing a surge in provocative online content designed ...

Oxford selects its word of the year; What is ‘rage bait’

While Dictionary.com already picked “67″ as its word of the year, the preeminent experts on language have chosen a different ...