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Oxford University Press, publisher of that great bastion of humane learning, the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), has chosen its 2025 Word of the Year. It’s (or, should I say, they are?) “rage bait”.

With 56% of BYUH students being international, those whose first language is not English are required to take an English ...

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