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Parasocial is Cambridge Dictionary Word of Year

Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 word of the year captures an ‘unhealthy’ modern phenomenon

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “ parasocial ,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial inte...

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'Parasocial' named as Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year

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Parasocial named Cambridge’s 2025 Word of the Year after IShowSpeed fan incident

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Cambridge Dictionary's Word of 2025: "Parasocial" | November 19, 2025 | Day to Day with Mariah

Carmen and Ben talk about the new word and how it's relevant in their daily lives.

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"Parasocial" is Cambridge's word of the year for 2025. Here's why you may want to avoid being that.

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Lily Allen's 'revenge album' inspired Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year

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A single word defined 2025 and Taylor Swift helped shape it

Officials said the choice was influenced in part by pop superstar Taylor Swift and her engagement earlier this year to Kansas City Chiefs tight end — and Cleveland Heights High School graduate — Travi...

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Parasocial - that one-sided feeling you really know a celebrity - is Cambridge Dictionary's word of the year

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Therapist Warns Cambridge's Word Of The Year Reveals A Growing Trend

A Decade in Words: Cambridge’s Yearly Choices Trace Society’s Shifting Fault Lines

Cambridge Dictionary has chosen 'parasocial' as its 2025 Word of the Year, highlighting growing concerns about one-sided relationships amplified by influencers and artificial intelligence.

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Cambridge Dictionary names ‘parasocial’ 2025 Word of the Year

The dictionary said searches for its Word of the Year spiked as online celebrity moments intensified public interest in one-sided relationships.

Word of the year revealed ... but do you know what it means?

“Slop” means poorly crafted AI content, “memeify”, means to turn an event into a meme, and “pseudonymization” is a form of encryption that turns individual information like names and addresses into a number or name that has no meaning.

Do you know them in real life? Taylor Swift inspires 2025 word of the year.

In 2025, the term is more relevant than ever with the rise of content creators and streamers who give fans access to their daily lives. In television, people have shown deep investment in storylines in popular shows like "The Summer I Turned Pretty," according to the news release.

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Frugal AI Hub launched at Cambridge Judge Business School

With AI and the environment in the news and the promotion of sustainable data centres that maximise energy efficiency among key focus areas, Cambridge Judge Business School has captured the global mood by launching the Frugal AI Hub at the Centre for India and Global Business.