Not long ago, making people angry was a bad idea. Nowadays, rage is a hot commodity. Time it right and you can build a whole media empire or political machine on some well-cultivated fury. At the very ...

"Rage bait" edged out "biohack" and "aura farming" to become the word of the year. Take a deep breath and think of your happy place: “rage bait” is the 2025 Oxford Word of the Year. After three days ...

The Oxford University Press defines "rage bait" as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive, typically posted in order to ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONDON — Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025. The phrase refers to online content that is “deliberately designed to elicit ...

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 of it on social media. The publisher for the Oxford English Dictionary said ...

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 ...

And it has become so ubiquitous online that the Oxford Dictionary named “rage bait” as its Word of the Year on Sunday. Use of the term has increased threefold this year, suggesting people know “they ...

Two people were shot to death within days of each other in two separate shootings in Wake County traffic. The Wake County Sheriff’s Office is investigating whether road rage played a role in either ...

Mr. Carville is a veteran of Democratic presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s in 1992, and a consultant to American Bridge, a Democratic super PAC. We are not even two weeks from the ...