A week after ‘parasocial’ went viral, Oxford University Press has named ‘rage bait’ as its word of the year, showcasing how social media has influenced the world this year
01 December,2025 01:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent… Say the followers of social media influencers. With Parasocial as Cambridge’s word of the year, it’s a softer version of trolling
23 November,2025 11:07 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanisha BanerjeeActor and comedian Nitesh Shetty is not new at making us giggle. But in the last six months his Instagram character of a man in the know of everything Bambaiyya has made him a household name
23 November,2025 09:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Arpika BhosaleIt’s Men’s Health Awareness Month, and we thought it was a good time to ask why, in 2025, men are still using the Internet to abuse and attack women who deviate from the traditional norms of ‘what a woman should behave like’
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