"Rage bait is a compound of the words rage, meaning a violent outburst of anger, and bait, an attractive morsel of food. Both ...

Last year, OUP named “brain rot” as the Oxford Word of the Year 2024, defined as “the supposed deterioration of a person’s ...

Cambridge Dictionary names 'Parasocial' 2025 Word of the Year, citing Swifties reaction to Taylor Swift's engagement, viral streamers, AI chatbots.

Every dictionary has its word of the year now, but the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) reigns supreme among categorisations ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial ...

Parasocial’ describes our one-sided bonds with celebs like Taylor Swift. Experts warn these relationships have a serious dark ...

Use of the phrase "rage bait" has tripled in the past 12 months alone. It's the perfect sentiment to describe our current digital landscape.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

And now, Oxford Dictionary have shared their choice: rage bait. What is “rage baiting”? Another Very Online Pick, the term ...

A dictionary is a list of words or phrases and their definitions (what they mean). Dictionaries are arranged in alphabetical order. They help you to spell or understand any new words, so are a ...

Do you ever feel like you know a celebrity you follow online, even though you've never met them in real life? Could you see yourself as their friend or think that you'd get on really well together? If ...

These are the output files from tusharlock10's dictionary repo, which he uploaded to Dropbox (c/o Stack Overflow). This repo includes multiple versions of the data: the original, a combined list, and ...