Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift have influenced the Dictionary's Word of the Year based on their high-profile relationship.

The word is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary 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,

Cambridge Dictionary has named parasocial as the Word of the Year for 2025. The year was marked by interest in the one-sided parasocial relationships that people form with celebrities, influencers and AI chatbots.

The Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 Word of the Year is ‘parasocial’, which describes the one-sided connection that people feel with someone they do not know. Today, social media users have developed parasocial relationships with celebrities,