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 intelligence.
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Cambridge Dictionary also highlighted a number of other words that it said have had a “significant impact” this year.
Among their number is “slop,” defined as “content on the internet that is of very low quality, especially when it is created by artificial intelligence,” as well as “memeify,” or “to turn an event, image, person, etc. into a meme.”
the dictionary added 6,000 new words this year, with notable newbies including “delulu,” “skibidi” and “tradwife.”