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If you felt more excited for Taylor Swift’s engagement announcement earlier this year than you did for your friend or family member’s, you might relate to Cambridge Dictionary’s word of 2025: “parasocial,” which describes having a one-sided connection with someone you do not know, such as a celebrity, a fictional character or an AI chatbot. CBC | World News

The slang term, which became popular online, has been named Word of the Year for 2023 by the Oxford University Press. Daily Express :: News Feed