2025’s words of the year reflect a year of digital disillusionment

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The editors of the Cambridge Dictionary chose “parasocial”. They define this as “involving or relating to a connection that someone feels between themselves and a famous person they do not know, a character in a book, film, TV series… or an artificial intelligence”.......As an example, Cambridge’s announcement cited the engagement of singer Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce, which led to a spike in online searches for the meaning of the term. Many Swifties reacted with unbridled joy, as if their best friend or sibling had just decided to tie the knot.