Here’s one I bet you thought you’d never see, words like “skibidi”, “tradwife” and “delulu” have officially been added to this year’s Cambridge Dictionary.
For anyone hoping these buzzwords were just fleeting online trends, the dictionary’s editors have made it clear: they’re sticking around.
“Internet culture is reshaping the English language in fascinating ways, and it’s exciting to document that in the dictionary,” said Colin McIntosh, Cambridge’s lexical programme manager, per Guardian Australia.
“It’s not every day that terms like ‘skibidi’ or ‘delulu’ earn their place. We only add new words when we’re confident they have real staying power.”
Missed the skibidi trend and have NFI what I’m on about? Well, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, skibidi is “a word that can have different meanings such as ‘cool’ or ‘bad’, or can be used with no real meaning as a joke’, an example of its use is: ‘What the skibidi are you doing?’”
Skibidi toilet still haunts my dreams, and now it haunts the Cambridge Dictionary. (Credit: Skibidi)
As for tradwives, the trend describes socially conservative influencers who promote a lifestyle centred on caring for their husbands, children, and homes, often sharing this content on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, a tradwife is “especially one who posts on social media”.
Meanwhile delulu is somewhat obvi, being an abbreviation of delusional – its dictionary entry defines it as “believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to”.
Other new entries in the dictionary include “mouse jiggler”, “broligarchy” and “work spouse”.
And who said TikTok has no bearings on reality? Tell that to the Cambridge bloody dictionary!
To peep what made last year’s list, head HERE.
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