5 h. ago Rage Bait Meaning: What is rage bait and why is it the Oxford Word of the Year 2025?

Something which many of us may have fallen victim to has been selected as the Oxford Word of the Year.

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5 h. ago 'Rage bait’ named Oxford University Press word of year as outrage fuels social media traffic in 2025

Oxford University Press has named “rage bait’’ as its word of the year, capturing the internet zeitgeist of 2025

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6 h. ago 'Rage bait' is named Oxford word of the year: Phrase describing anger

The word refers to social media posts which are deliberately controversial, provocative or misinformed in order to drive engagement through angry reactions.

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6 h. ago ‘Rage bait’ named word of the year by Oxford University Press

Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisherGood news for those who find their blood pressure rising as they scroll through their online news feeds: the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher has highlighted the term they might need to describe how they often feel, naming “rage bait” as its word of the year.According to the Oxford University Press’ analysis, use of the phrase has tripled in the past 12 months. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Rage bait: Expert explains what Oxford word of the year means

"Rage bait" has been declared Oxford Word of the Year 2025.

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7 h. ago UK's word of the year declared as 'Rage Bait' while 'aura farming' and 'biohack' lose out

According to Oxford lexicographers, the phrase perfectly encapsulated the mood of the year as a phenomenon whose usage has tripled in the past year, according to Oxford’s data

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7 h. ago 'Rage Bait' declared 2025 word of the year – here's what it means

According to Oxford lexicographers, the phrase perfectly encapsulated the mood of the year as a phenomenon whose usage has tripled in the past year, according to Oxford’s data

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48 h. ago Oxford University professor and partner are prosecuted for cruelty to pet rabbit that was found ridden with maggots and close to death

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Professor Anders Kock, 41 and his partner Xiaoyu Tian, 40, were found guilty of one offence under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

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1 week ago The first human kiss originated 21 million years ago, study finds

Homo sapiens and Neanderthals may have kissed, researchers at the University of Oxford discovered

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1 week ago Meet Britain's next top models: Libby Bennett, Calum Harper, Rubuen Bilan

From the Haringey heartthrob to a Victoria Beckham-approved Oxford University student — these are the nine new names to know

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1 week ago Cavemen kisses: Scientists discover evidence ancient humans and Neanderthals SNOGGED 50,000 years ago

Kissing is an ancient trait retained over the course of evolution amongst the large apes, reveal scientists at the University of Oxford and Florida Institute of Technology.

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1 week ago Neanderthals and early humans ‘likely to have kissed’, say scientists

Study from University of Oxford looks into evolutionary origins of kissing and its role in relations between speciesFrom Galápagos albatrosses to polar bears, chimpanzees to orangutans, certain species appear to kiss. Now researchers suggest Neanderthals did it too – and might even have locked lips with modern humans.It is not the first time scientists have suggested Neanderthals and early modern humans were intimately acquainted. Among previous studies, researchers have found humans and their thick-browed cousins shared the same mouth microbe for hundreds of thousands of years after the two species split, suggesting they swapped saliva. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Do you know your 2025 lingo? As 'parasocial' is named word of the year, take the test to see if you can keep up with this year's trending language

Are you down with the latest lingo, or is your vocabulary behind the times? The answer may lie in which of these trending words and phrases you know the meanings of.

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1 week ago Methane pollution still rises, but UN reports hope for near future reductions

U.N. officials say methane emissions are still going up, but they have hope that cutting them in coming years could have big implications for slowing Earth's warming

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2 w. ago Man City wonderkid quit football for Oxford University after 'not enjoying' Guardiola training

Han Willhoft-King played for England at youth level and trained with Manchester City stars including Kevin De Bruyne and Erling Haaland but has quit football aged 19

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2 w. ago The teenager who quit Manchester City for Oxford University: ‘I felt I could do more’

Han Willhoft-King was fancied to succeed at Spurs then City but opted for law at Brasenose College above pressing sessions with GuardiolaFreshers’ week, Oxford University, early October. A time for the heart to hammer with excitement, when horizons are broadened inexorably. For minimal sleep and maximum fun. And for one or two tall stories, a bit of personal reinvention, perhaps.Take one new law student at Brasenose College, because he can certainly spin a few yarns. About the time, for example, he was coached by Yaya Touré at the Tottenham academy. He did not recognise him at first but then saw him on the ball and the penny dropped. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize

The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece?When we meet the morning after the announcement of this year’s Booker prize, David Szalay, the winner, seems an extremely genial and gentle author to have created one of the most morally ambiguous characters in recent contemporary fiction. His sixth novel, Flesh, about the rise and fall of a Hungarian immigrant to the UK, is unlike anything you have read before.Szalay (pronounced “Sol-oy”) is often described as “Hungarian-British”, but that has offended Canadians this morning, he says. His mother was Canadian and he was born in that country, where his Hungarian father had moved a few years earlier. “I’m arguably more Canadian than Hungarian.” Now 51, he grew up in England, graduated from Oxford University, and lived in Hungary for 15 years. To make things more confusing, he is over from Vienna, where he now lives with his wife...

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3 w. ago Consumer sentiment tumbles close to record lows in latest U Michigan survey

Consumer sentiment dropped to a three-year low in November, a month into the government shutdown, led by pessimism in both personal finances and anticipated business conditions

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3 w. ago DNA structures captured in ‘exquisite detail’ using new technique

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

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3 w. ago Experts find flaws in hundreds of tests that check AI safety and effectiveness

Scientists say almost all have weaknesses in at least one area that can ‘undermine validity of resulting claims’Experts have found weaknesses, some serious, in hundreds of tests used to check the safety and effectiveness of new artificial intelligence models being released into the world.Computer scientists from the British government’s AI Security Institute, and experts at universities including Stanford, Berkeley and Oxford, examined more than 440 benchmarks that provide an important safety net. Continue reading...

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