Cambridge Dictionary Adds 'Skibidi'
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Skibidi is a term borrowed from the YouTube animated series “Skibidi Toilet.” It has chameleonic powers in that it “has different meanings such as cool or bad, or can be used with no real meaning as a joke” depending on the context, according to the dictionary.
Slang like "skibidi" may fade quickly, but its rise and fall show that language is alive and human in ways machines and dictionaries can't capture. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.
Gen Z terms "tradwife" and "delulu" also made the cut (though they haven't made it past basic spell check yet).
LONDON (AP) — What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet ...
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