The 2025 selection follows its predecessors, "brain rot" from 2024, "rizz" from 2023 and "goblin mode" from 2022.

According to Oxford, the term "rage bait" was first used online in 2002 in reference to the reaction of a driver who is ...

Even if you don't know the meaning of the Oxford University Press' word of the year for 2025, you've probably been a victim ...

The Oxford University Press has selected "rage bait" as its word of the year, in a nod to how easily digital indignation can ...

Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025.

The Oxford Dictionary’s word of the year is “rage bait,” which the editors define as “online content deliberately designed to ...

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

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

Oxford University Press has officially named “rage bait” its 2025 Word of the Year. The organization defines this term as ...

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

Oxford University Press has chosen “rage bait” — defined as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive” — as its 2025 Word of the ...

Oxford's 2025 Word of the Year is “rage bait," highlighting how online content designed to provoke anger has been a defining ...