Cambridge Dictionary names parasocial its 2025 word of the year, citing fan culture around Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan and AI chatbots.

Dictionary.com has selected a word of the year for 2025 that is not even technically a word – it's more of an inside joke among young people that technically has no meaning. But if you’ve had a conversation with any teens or tweens lately, you’ve probably heard them randomly say: 6-7.

Cambridge Dictionary recently announced its Word of the Year, with it having a connection to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. The word “parasocial” earned the title, with the dictionary noting that its media usage increased after the famous couple’s engagement news.

Parasocial relationships aren’t new, but social media has intensified them because creators share their lives in ways that feel personal, accessible, and emotionally charged.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce 's love story is now influencing the dictionary. Cambridge Dictionary just announced its 2025 word of the year, revealing it was partially inspired by Swift's lyrics and her much-talked-about engagement to Kelce back in August.

“Slop” means poorly crafted AI content, “memeify”, means to turn an event into a meme, and “pseudonymization” is a form of encryption that turns individual information like names and addresses into a number or name that has no meaning.

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

Every year, the internet waits to see which word captures the cultural moment, but 2025 delivered a term that perfectly sums up our hyper-online lives. While the internet flooded timelines with quirky guesses,