Swifties and AI Chatbots Inspire Cambridge Dictionary to Make ‘Parasocial' the Word of the Year

The dictionary cites spikes in searches for the term following Taylor Swift's engagement to Travis Kelce, a viral interaction ...

Travis Kelce & Taylor Swift Inspired Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year

Cambridge Dictionary recently announced its Word of the Year, with it having a connection to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce.
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‘Notwithstanding’ and the transition word epidemic

Lissa Paul is a professor at Brock University. Doug Ford has decisively obliterated references to gender fluidity and transitioning from the Ontario sex-ed curriculum, but seems to have given a pass ...

Dictionary announces word of the year — and it’s inspired by Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce

The term “parasocial” has just been named Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 word of the year — and its popularity was partly ...