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 ...

Parasocial is defined as a connection someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know. Find out more ...

The Cambridge Dictionary has selected "parasocial" as its 2025 word of the year, highlighting the growing trend of people ...

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

Many fans of Taylor Swift showed parasocial relationships with the pop star after her engagement to Travis Kelce.

A note left on a picnic table in Sydney, Australia, was labeled “the dictionary example of entitlement,” quickly becoming an internet sensation. It started when a visitor at Balmoral Beach saw a ...

Look up any word in the dictionary, and there will be an example of that word in a sentence. Author Jez Burrows's book Dictionary Stories expands those sentences into works of fiction. Unless you're a ...

Urban Dictionary has coined the perfect term for toilet paper hoarders, spring breakers and others who fail to practice proper preventative measures amid the coronavirus pandemic: COVIDIOT. The snarky ...

One of my favorite parts of the Scripps National Spelling Bee is when the contestants ask for a word to be used in a sentence. The sentences—which occasionally name-drop Drake or quote Kelis—are gems ...