Oxford English Dictionary selects ‘rage bait’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, reflecting rising internet slang and growing ...

Doomscrolling has a new hazard. Oxford University Press announced “rage bait” is its 2025 word of the year. The prestigious ...

The English language grows a little more every year. It becomes richer, warmer, and more diverse as people across the world ...

But really, isn't that two words?

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 ...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other ...

"Rage bait is a compound of the words rage, meaning a violent outburst of anger, and bait, an attractive morsel of food. Both ...

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

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William Chester Minor opened his eyes and gazed sleepily at the figure of a man looming over the foot of his bed. The intruder, who had been hiding in Minor’s attic during daylight, had slithered from ...

Just to work from "A" to "ant" took the original Oxford English Dictionary team around 10 years. They thought they'd reach "Z" in that time — but gathering definitions for hundreds of thousands of ...

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