Poor Oxford University, they appear to have lost the ability to count

#1

… Rage (1 word) bait (1 word) = 2 words total
… so how can this be the “word” of the year? Just curious

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#2

One of the few places left; where there was actual competition.
Albeit; some words were literally excrement.
Although, in the 20th-Worst Century; that actually translates into, some rather " Stiff" competition.

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An exercise in autological construction if ever there was one…the absurdity of the phrase, defined as a word, itself generating the reaction it claims to define…but aren’t such autological constructs the general direction of all language use now?

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#5

… Hey, maybe he can count words. He should post that “Rage bait” is two words. Showing the he can count might restore some of his stature. Counting to 2 is surely stature producing academic behavior (behaviour) at Oxford. Hmmmmm. Obviously there were consequences of some kind beyond his removal from the Debate Society. He is just sorry there were consequences.

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