Word of the year
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‘Rage bait’ beats ‘aura farming’ to be Oxford’s Word of the Year 2025
New Delhi: “Rage bait”, defined as “online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative or offensive, typically posted in order to increase traffic or engagement with a…
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Oxford University Press names ‘Rizz’ as word of the year
London: After more than 32,000 votes and a team of language experts, Oxford’s Word of the Year 2023 is “rizz” — an internet slang which pertains to someone’s ability to attract another…
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Oxford Word of the Year is self-indulgent ‘goblin mode’
London: Goblin mode, or a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations, has been overwhelmingly chosen as the…
