Oxford’s Word of the Year calls out outrage-driven content. UVA’s Bethany Teachman explains why it hooks us and how to avoid it.
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Clickbait relied on curiosity. Rage bait relies on us, knowing that if content makes you angry, you spend longer with it, share it more often, and return to the platform quickly.
"Rage bait," which refers to online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage, has been named the 2025 Oxford University Press word of the year.
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But rage bait is becoming much more common, according to the Social Switch Project, to the point where Oxford University selected "rage bait" as its 2025 Word of the Year. Here's what rage bait ...