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As 'Skibidi' Joins The Dictionary, How Much Teen Slang Do You Know?

According to Mashable, skibidi is “an onomatopoeia derived from the lyrics of ‘Give It to Me’ by Timbaland. When sped up, the ...

What skibidi really means: As Gen Alpha slang makes it into the dictionary, the ultimate guide to understanding your children's baffling vocabulary

While Shakespeare may have come up with some 1,700 words in his lifetime, Gen Alpha are dishing out words at an equally ...

How ‘Skibidi’ and ‘Tradwife’ Were Added to the Cambridge Dictionary

Skibidi is a term borrowed from the YouTube animated series “Skibidi Toilet.” It has chameleonic powers in that it “has ...

Voices: ‘Skibidi’ has no place in the dictionary – and here’s why

COMMENT: Spare us your ‘delulu’ slang – keep it for the school corridors, where it belongs, writes despairing parent ...

Business Brief: Strikes, savings and skibidi

Overseas, the pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.4 per cent in morning trading. Britain’s FTSE 100 rose 0.26 per cent, Germany’s ...

Reporter's Notebook: The death of "skibidi"?

Slang like "skibidi" may fade quickly, but its rise and fall show that language is alive and human in ways machines and ...

Do you speak Gen Z? What skibidi, delulu and broligarchy really mean

Have the Cambridge Dictionary’s new additions got you scratching your head? Here’s our guide to what your teenager is ...