Last month, on Nov. 14, Oxford University Press narrowed a list down to six words and the world had the opportunity to vote for its favorite. Language experts from the publishing house of the ...

In the U.K., OUP spokesmen reported their Word of the Year research “highlighted children’s awareness of current affairs” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people may be suffering from a form of Oxford University Press' word of the year after months and months of election news ...

Oxford University Press releases a Word of the Year annually. For 2024, they’ve technically chosen two words. “Brain rot” was selected using voting, public commentary and language data analysis. The ...

Oxford named "rage bait" the word of the year for 2025. Rage bait refers to online content created to evoke anger by being frustrating, to boost online engagement. In 2022, the word was first used to ...

Oxford named "brain rot" as its 2024 Word of the Year. The term, first used by Henry David Thoreau in 1854, saw a 230% rise in usage this year. Oxford says "brain rot" reflects modern worries about ...

Oxford's Word of the Year for 2025 has been announced and it could have folks seeing red. Oxford, producer of the famous dictionary and expert in languages, has selected the internet slang "rage bait" ...

The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec. 1 that its experts have named "rage bait" the 2025 Word of the ...