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                    [Title] => 'Rage bait' wins Oxford's word of 2025
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Oxford defines "rage bait" as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted" in order to increase web traffic or engagement.

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Lexicographers picked it in a year they said was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers, and AI chatbots.

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"Vibe coding" refers to "an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI."

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"67" beat out some stiff competition from other words short-listed for "Word of the Year" including "broligarchy" and "Gen Z stare."

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                    [Title] => 'Rage bait' wins Oxford's word of 2025
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Oxford defines "rage bait" as "online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive, typically posted" in order to increase web traffic or engagement.

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Lexicographers picked it in a year they said was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers, and AI chatbots.

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"Vibe coding" refers to "an emerging software development that turns natural language into computer code using AI."

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"67" beat out some stiff competition from other words short-listed for "Word of the Year" including "broligarchy" and "Gen Z stare."

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