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‘Rage bait’ is the Oxford Word of the Year, showing how social media is manufacturing anger
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‘Rage bait’ is crowned Oxford’s Word of the Year for 2025.
“Rage bait” triumphed over “biohack” and “aura farming” to become Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025.
The two-syllable open-compound word refers to an attention-seeking form of online behaviour that leads nowhere good.
#RageBait #English #Languages #OxfordDictionary #Dictionary #SocialMedia #WordOfTheYear
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BBC: ‘Rage bait’ named Oxford word of the year 2025. “Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has named its word or phrase of the year.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/01/bbc-rage-bait-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2025/
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BBC: ‘Rage bait’ named Oxford word of the year 2025. “Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait, which Oxford University Press has named its word or phrase of the year.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/12/01/bbc-rage-bait-named-oxford-word-of-the-year-2025/
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@dcjohnson someone really needs to speak to the #OxfordDictionary and tell them their #definition of "free speech" is inaccurate.
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@dcjohnson someone really needs to speak to the #OxfordDictionary and tell them their #definition of "free speech" is inaccurate.
