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Rage Bait has been named the Oxford University Press’ word of the year for 2025, beating out Aura Farming to the title.

According to Oxford University Press, rage bait is defined as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted to ...

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Previous words of the year include "podcast," "goblin mode" and "brain rot." ...

Senior Evan Tionquiao said he used to follow the dictionaries’ selections “back when words had meaning, prior to ‘brain rot’ ...

Four little letters capture the tsunami of low-quality content inundating online life and corroding reality in 2025: "slop." ...

The Economist ’s choice for 2025 is a single word. It is representative, if not of the whole year, at least of much of the ...

Merriam-Webster’s word of the year tends to say a lot about the past 12 months — and how ready we as a society are to give up, toss our calendars and hope the next 12 are better. Last year, following ...

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The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.