第2896期:The year of rage bait Rage bait

Do you find yourself getting increasingly irate while scrolling through your social media feed? If so, you may be falling victim to rage bait. According to the Oxford University Press, this is defined as online content deliberately designed to elicit anger or outrage by being frustrating, provocative, or offensive.你是否发现自己会在滑动浏览社交媒体上的信息时变得越来越愤怒？如果是这样的话，那么你很可能是 “rage bait（愤怒诱饵）” 的受害者。牛津大学出版社将这个词定义为 “被刻意设计过的互联网内容，通过使人觉得心烦、受到挑衅或冒犯来引发怒气或愤慨”。Such content is typically posted in order to increase traffic to websites or social media accounts.发布这类内容的目的通常是为了增加网页或社交媒体账号的流量。Shortlisted words were put to a public vote, the results of which help to guide the final decision taken by OUP's language experts.入围的词汇经过公众投票，投票的结果作为参考帮助牛津大学出版社的语言专家们做出最终决定。