language
After more than 30,000 people voted, Oxford University Press announced its Word of the Year for 2025 in December, following 2024's pick, "brain rot."
"Rage bait" is correct — Oxford University Press chose it as its 2025 Word of the Year after more than 30,000 people voted, describing content deliberately designed to provoke anger in order to drive clicks, comments, and engagement on social media.
"Rizz" was an earlier Oxford Word of the Year choice (in 2023) rather than 2025's pick, and "goblin mode" was chosen back in 2022 — both were real winners in past years, just not this one, which instead beat finalists like "biohack" and "aura farming."
Oxford noted that usage of "rage bait" roughly tripled over the year, mirroring a broader public conversation about how social media platforms and content creators profit from provoking outrage rather than informing or entertaining.
language
What does "checkmate" originally mean in its Persian root, "shah mat"?The little dot above a lowercase "i" and "j" has a name — what is it?Some languages have no words for "left" and "right," using compass directions instead. True?What does the abbreviation "i.e." actually stand for?What is the technically correct plural of "octopus"?How many letters does this word have?Why was the language Esperanto created?What is a "palindrome"?Which punctuation mark was invented in the 1960s to combine "?" and "!"?Who is widely credited with coining or popularizing hundreds of English words and phrases still used today?Which writing system currently in use holds the Guinness World Record for having the most letters in its alphabet?What is the most well-documented explanation for how "OK" came to be, as established by linguistic historians?Quration — Quration Play