‘Contentious’: Oxford English Dictionary reveals their word of the year

And for those thinking Oxford is rage baiting them by declaring two words to be the word of the year, the publisher explained ...

Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year introduces a new way to troll social media users

Last year, OUP named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025 is utterly infuriating

You know that feeling when you read something online and it seems deliberately provocative, almost manufactured to create outrage? You may have just encountered “rage bait” – content deliberately ...
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Oxford Dictionary has announced its word of the year, and it definitely sums up the new generation

The Oxford Dictionary has unveiled 'rage bait' as its word of the year for 2025, a term that encapsulates the provocative ...

Oxford picks 2025 word of the year it can actually define

The Oxford English Dictionary publisher chose the word as it has “evolved to signal a deeper shift in how we talk about attention—both how it is given and how it is sought after—engagement, and ethics ...
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Oxford dictionaries change 'sexist' and outdated definitions of the word 'woman'

Earlier this year, Oxford University Press changed its entry for "woman" in its dictionaries to include more positive ways to describe a female. Shutterstock (CNN) -- Even the dictionary can be ...