From Being 'Performative' To AI Lovers: 12 Trends People Hope Die In 2025

Did you buy a Labubu in 2025, or perhaps a Lafufu? Do you know what “chicken jockey” means? Have you seen AI “slop” on your social media feeds, or even at work?

It feels impossible to have gotten through the year without being exposed to at least one of those trends.

Even missing those won’t free you from the zetigeist – if these seem unfamiliar, you probably qualify for the very 2025 status of ‘unc’.

Not all of these have been embraced equally, however. In an r/AskReddit post...