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Words and phrases of 2025: Romo, forked, grey rocking and the Gen Z stare

Did you ‘floodlight’ on a first date? Were you ‘aura farming’ on Instagram? Some terms, once heard, couldn’t be unheard

Cillian Murphy said he experienced romo, as opposed to fomo, over not being in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Photograph: John Phillips/UK Press/Getty
Cillian Murphy said he experienced romo, as opposed to fomo, over not being in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. Photograph: John Phillips/UK Press/Getty
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Laura Slattery
Sun Dec 21 2025 - 06:00
Laura Slattery

Laura Slattery

Laura Slattery is an Irish Times journalist writing about media, advertising and other business topics
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