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 ...

Bournemouth University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. “Rage bait” has been named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. It means social media content that is ...

If you've spent any amount of time online, you've likely encountered rage bait, and may not even know it. But rage bait is becoming much more common, according to the Social Switch Project, to the ...

When “Cloud Dancer” was first announced as the Pantone Color of the Year for 2026, there was more than one complaint. Online critics felt the slightly off-white shade was politically tone-deaf at best ...

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 ...

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 ...

Man jailed after road rage leads to double fatal shooting The family of Quincy Polk, 29, and his 8-year-old daughter, Envy Cardenas, is planning two funerals after the father and daughter were fatally ...

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 ...