Ashton Kutcher and Bella Hadid star in The Beauty, which looks like David Cronenberg set in the high fashion world ...

If you had any doubt that social media have taken over our lives, the words of the year (WOTY) for 2025 will dispel it—with ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

Breaking news: A new target of conservative cancel culture just dropped, and its “tudum” has got right-wingers clutching their pearls. Over the weekend, conservative commentator Jeff Younger fired up ...

Not long ago, making people angry was a bad idea. Nowadays, rage is a hot commodity. Time it right and you can build a whole media empire or political machine on some well-cultivated fury. At the very ...

If you've spent any amount of time online, you've likely encountered rage bait, and may not even know it. But rage bait is becoming much more common, according to the Social Switch Project, to the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth elicited rage from his critics after posting a photo of a children’s book character firing missiles at boats with the caption, “For your Christmas wish list.” Hegseth’s ...

Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisher Good news for those who find their ...

The Oxford University Press is shining a light on the more toxic side of internet culture by choosing “rage bait” as its 2025 Word of the Year. Oxford’s language experts, who are the brains behind the ...

Even if you don't know the meaning of the Oxford University Press' word of the year for 2025, you've probably been a victim of it on social media. The publisher for the Oxford English Dictionary said ...