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The Oxford University Press is shining a light on the more toxic side of internet culture by choosing “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Oxford’s language experts, who are the brains behind the ...

Previous words of the year include "podcast," "goblin mode" and "brain rot." The Oxford University Press has selected "rage bait" as its word of the year, in a nod to how easily digital indignation ...

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The Oxford University Press has selected "rage bait" as its word of the year, in a nod to how easily digital indignation can be manipulated to create engagement in online content. The phrase was ...