8 New Words You Need To Know In 2025

According to dictionaryblog.cambridge.org these are a few new words of 2025... First off: Brain flossing which means escaping stress by popping on your headphones and diving into a world of whirling sounds, leaving your mind refreshed and calm.

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Booktivist

Someone who draws inspiration from reading to champion causes and drive change in society or politics.

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Loud Looking

A way of signalling openly, often online or on dating platforms, that someone is available and keen to meet a partner.

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Technofossil

An item discarded today that could linger for centuries, eventually discovered and examined by future generations.

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Vibe Coding

A method of building software where artificial intelligence crafts the instructions from simple ideas or goals, letting you focus on what the app should achieve rather than the technical nuts and bolts.

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Land Snorkeling

The practice of wandering gently across the countryside, taking in every tiny detail of the scenery, much like observing life beneath the waves while snorkeling but this is above ground.

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Blobbery 

A planted area where greenery is sculpted into soft spheres, forming a quirky and imaginative scene that feels almost otherworldly.

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SIM Farm

A compact gadget that houses many mobile modules to store SIM cards and is abused by offenders who unleash huge waves of brief digital alerts and simultaneous voice bursts across networks, usually to trick and steal from unsuspecting recipients.

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