現地時間2025年12月25日（木）、午前12時半ごろに起きた。一日中家で過ごした。
カナダのクリスマスは、日本の元日に似ていると思う。家族や親戚が故郷に集まり、商店は営業を休む。私に影響した部分といえば、アイスホッケーのリーグ戦がなかったことだ。
カナダの公共放送「CBC」による動画のなかで、面白い記事を見つけた。「6-7, slop, rage bait: Words of the Year 2025」というタイトルの動画だ。
内容はタイトルの通り。2025年に流行した言葉を紹介し、そうした流行語について、記者が一般の人々に意見を聞いている。紹介されていたのは、「rage bait」「6-7」「vibe coding」「parasocial」「slop」といった言葉。「6-7」以外知らなかった私にとっては、大変勉強になった。「parasocial」は特に興味深く感じた。同様の概念が日本でも近年、市民権を得ているように思う。
On Thursday, December 25th, 2025, I got up around 12:30 p.m. PST and stayed home all day.
From what I understand, Christmas Day in Canada is similar to New Year’s Day in Japan. Families and relatives gather in their hometowns, and many retailers are closed. The most boring part of the day was that there were no ice hockey games to watch.
CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, which I follow regularly, has recently posted videos that wrap up the major issues and topics of the year. Among them, I found one interesting report titled “6-7, slop, rage bait: Words of the Year 2025.”
As the title suggests, the video introduces words that became widely known in 2025 and includes interviews with ordinary people about their thoughts on these terms. Words such as “rage bait,” “6-7,” “vibe coding,” “parasocial,” and “slop” were mentioned. Since I was unfamiliar with all of them except “6-7,” the video helped me learn English as well as some currently well-known concepts. At the same time, I was able to understand why these words, except for “6-7,” have spread so widely. “Parasocial” is particularly interesting to me, because similar concepts have been becoming increasingly common in Japan as well, at least from what I know.