‘Rage bait’ named word of the year by Oxford University Press

‘It feels like the natural progression in an ongoing conversation about what it means to be human in a tech-driven world.’ Photograph: Aleksandr Davydov/Alamy

Good news for those who find their blood pressure rising as they scroll through their online news feeds: the Oxford English Dictionary’s publisher has highlighted the term they might need to describe how they often feel, naming “rage bait” as its word of the year.

According to the Oxford University Press’ analysis, use of the phrase has tripled in the past 12 months.