India, Nov. 26 -- Every year brings a new vocabulary of its own, but 2025 has felt like an era where language evolved in real time - shaped by technology, internet culture, and shifting human behaviour. This year's 'Words of the Year' from major dictionaries reveal a world negotiating its relationship with AI, celebrities, and itself.

The Cambridge Dictionary declared 'parasocial' as its Word of the Year, noting that lookups and public conversation about one-sided emotional bonds surged across news and social platforms. The word 'Parasocial' captures a distinctly modern kind of connection: when you feel close to someone you've never actually met. The term was coined in 1956 by sociologists Donald Horton and R. Richard Wohl to describe th...