Use of the phrase ‘rage bait’ has tripled in the past 12 months alone. It’s the perfect sentiment to describe our current ...

Cambridge Dictionary has confirmed “parasocial” as its word of the year for 2025. It is defined as involving a connection ...

Term defines the connection between fans and the famous — and could help to establish a line between admiration and obsession ...

AI slop was the clear winner of Macquarie’s Word of the Year – it also won the People’s Choice Award. Honourable mentions ...

TV was the initial cause of the phenomenon, which has been expanded and intensified with the development of social media.

As Oxford Dictionary coins it the Word of the Year, the Internet is divided. Is it making being online a worse experience or ...

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 with an artificial intelligence ...

Dyslexia, a neurobiological condition that affects how individuals read and spell, has come into the spotlight in K-12 ...

“Parasocial captures the 2025 zeitgeist,” said Colin McIntosh of the Cambridge Dictionary in a statement. “It's a great example of how language changes. What was once a specialist academic term has ...

“Rage bait” had competition from two other words that tried to hack their way to the top of the list.

“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 ...

This year, the Cambridge Dictionary has selected 'parasocial' as its Word of the Year, highlighting its relevance in contemporary discourse. This article explores the definition of parasocial ...