Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi’ and ‘tradwife’ among 6,000 new words

Cambridge Dictionary adds ’skibidi’ and ’tradwife’ among 6,000 new words

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Gen Alpha Slang Added to Dictionary

The Cambridge Dictionary added thousands of new words, including those frequently used by those in Generation Alpha, including “skibidi,” “tradwife,” and “delulu.” “The 6,212 new words, phrases and meanings, alongside a regular programme of revisions and an expanding range of bilingual dictionaries, make the Cambridge Dictionary one of the fastest-growing dictionaries in the world,” a news release for the dictionary’s update explained. According…

Cambridge Dictionary adds 'skibidi' and 'tradwife'

The Cambridge Dictionary has added more than 6000 new words, including slang terms like "skibidi", "tradwife" and "delulu".

Skibidi, Delulu and Lewk Have Officially Been Added to the Cambridge Dictionary

Language purists, brace yourselves. The Cambridge Dictionary just added more than 6,000 new words, and it looks more like your TikTok feed than an English class syllabus. Among the entries? “Skibidi,” “delulu,” “lewk” and “tradwife.” Skibidi, for the uninitiated, comes from the Skibidi Toilet meme—a YouTube fever dream where human heads pop out of toilets and scream. The word itself is verbal glitter: meaningless, messy and stuck to everything. …

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'Skibidi' and 'delulu' among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary. Read their definitions.

Both "skibidi" and "delulu" have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary, and if you don't know what those words mean, congratulations, you're likely an adult with bills to pay and better things to do. Good on you.In case it wasn't clear, both words are inventions of folks — younger people, more often — who spend too much time on the internet. Still, it might be worth learning the definitions of such words, since the internet is increasingly the …