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Rage Bait: The Psychology Behind Social Media's Angriest Posts

"Rage bait" has been named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. It means content that is designed to create a strong and negative reaction.

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Rage Bait: The Psychology Behind Social Media’s Angriest Posts

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Rage bait: The psychology behind social media's angriest posts

"Rage bait" has been named the word of the year by the Oxford University Press. It means social media content that is designed to create a strong and negative reaction.

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Rage bait: the psychology behind social media’s angriest posts

How not to get drawn in by rage bait.

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What is ‘rage bait,’ and why is it Oxford’s Word of the Year?

"Rage bait" is technically two words, but it is Oxford's 2025 World of the Year for a reason.

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Rage Bait, Parasocial and '67': Finally, What They Mean Is the Words of the Year that Generation Z and Alpha Spread over the Internet

Dictionaries chose the terms that symbolize the Internet of 2025 and revealed as young people turned into angry calculated, imaginary links and a meaningless number in everyday language

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