Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding won’t count her legion of fans among its attendees.
However, the public’s desire to attend has inspired Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year. The world’s most popular English dictionary awarded “parasocial” with its word of the year recognition, noting that part of its popularity stemmed from the famous couple’s engagement.
“Global coverage of the way in which Taylor Swift announced her engagement to Travis Kelce caused lookups of parasocial to surge as the media dissected fans’ reactions,” the dictionary wrote in its word of the year release. “Posts by fans say, ‘I’m not being parasocial about it,’ and talk about ‘a Swiftie being parasocial for 10 minutes straight.’”
Indeed, Taylor and Travis’ joint Aug. 26 post announcing their engagement earned almost 40 million likes, and snagged a record for the fastest post to hit one million likes—earning the grand sum in less than six hours.
As for how Taylor and Travis feel about all the noise surrounding their romance? They’re just keeping it 100 on the land, the sea, the sky—no matter who is paying attention.
