The Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year is ‘parasocial’, which describes the one-sided connection that people feel ...

"We've entered an age where many people form unhealthy and intense parasocial relationships with influencers." ...

"Parasocial" is the Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year, defined as a relationship felt by someone between themselves and ...

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

If you feel like Taylor Swift is your friend despite the fact that you've never met her, then the Cambridge Dictionary's word ...

The term is used to describe "a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know," ...

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce — who got engaged in August of this year — just inspired the Cambridge Dictionary's word of the ...

Colin McIntosh of Cambridge Dictionary says the world has been around for about 70 years, but it has only become mainstream ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named parasocial as the Word of the Year for 2025. The year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers and ...

Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift already know they are global influencers. Now, they have the written proof as their legacy of ...