Cambridge Dictionary adds online terms skibidi, tradwife and delulu
‘Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe,’ said Cambridge Dictionary
“Skibidi”, “tradwife”, “delulu” and other slang terms popularised by social media are among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge Dictionary this year.
Continued remote working has introduced terms such as “mouse jiggler” and concerns over climate change see the phrase “forever chemical” added, alongside more than 6,000 others words.
Slang term “skibidi”, a gibberish word, joined the world’s largest online dictionary in the past 12 months.
Defined in the dictionary as “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?”
“Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the dictionary,” said Colin McIntosh, lexical programme manager at Cambridge Dictionary.
“Tradwife,” short for traditional wife, has also grown in popularity, Cambridge Dictionary said, thanks to the digital world.