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To try and gain the approval of my six-year-old nephew, I randomly used the slang neologism ‘skibidi toilet’, with no real understanding of what I was saying. Still, I then asked him what it means, ...
With Cambridge Dictionary adding over 6,000 new words into its dictionary this year, including 'skibidi', 'tradwife', and ...
Cambridge Dictionary has added thousands of words and phrases over the past 12 months, including ones popularized by social ...
The hallowed halls of the Cambridge Dictionary have swung open their doors to a new wave of words, and anyone over the age of ...
The Cambridge Dictionary has added over 6,000 new words in 2025, including 'skibidi', 'delulu' and 'tradwife', reflecting Gen Z slang moving into mainstream English.
Going by lexicon alone, we might have cause for concern, writes Helen Coffey – the zeitgeist language making waves among Gen ...
Delulu? Glaze? The final boss of rizz? Their vocab is enriching, global and ever-changing - just don't be tempted to join in ...
Amongst the 6,000 new words being added to next year's Cambridge Dictionary are the terms "tradwife" and "skibidi." ...
A range of slang terms, popularised by social media, were among thousands of new words to be added to the Cambridge ...
Now, it might seem delulu, but slang words like bro-ligarchy and tradwife are among more than six thousand new words added to ...
It’s no secret that Gen Z loves making up new slang. Every time I open TikTok, there’s always another word to keep up with. However, this TikTok slang hasn’t just taken over the internet; it’s now ...
For 2025, one of the new words is 'tradwife' (along with Gen Z's fave slang Skibidi and TikTok's delulu). But what does ...