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"Rage bait" is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year

Monday December 1, 2025. 01:00 PM , from BoingBoing
"Rage bait" is the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year
Every dictionary has its word of the year now, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) reigns supreme among categorisations of the vocabulary of our post-Norman tongue. And so its choice carries a certain weight. And, this year, that weight falls upon us like online fury: Rage bait is its word of the year, beating 'aura farming' to the punch. — Read the rest
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