Words of the Year for 2025 included parasocial (The Cambridge Dictionary), rage bait (Oxford University Press), slop (Merriam-Webster), and 67 (Dictionary.com).
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On CrimeReads, Katie Bernet, author of Beth Is Dead, writes about "The Power of Giving Dead Characters a Voice."
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"J.R.R. Tolkien, using a tape recorder for the first time, reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952)." (via Open Culture)