Prepare to start yapping with some newly official words.
Indeed, the Cambridge Dictionary has added an additional 6,000 words—And many have been made popular thanks to Gen Z and Gen Alpha’s internet influence.
One of the most popular terms to make the list is “delulu,” short for delusional which is defined as, “believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to.”
And then, of course, there’s “tradwife,” a shortened word for “traditional wife,” the aesthetic content creators Nara Smith and Ballerina Farms’ Hannah Neeleman are often described as.
The term—which has been rejected by Hannah—has been used to define women’s content that depicts mothers staying home, cooking, cleaning and raising children while their husband’s work, which many believe conforms to “traditional gender roles.”
Kim Kardashian and North West’s favorite phrase “skibidi” has also made the list. The term which ranges in meanings from good to bad, has taken a life of its own after the viral ‘Skibidi Toilet’ YouTube video created by Alexey Gerasimov debuted in 2023.
And while Kim and North haven’t added their heads to the toilet craze, the latter gifted her mother with a chic diamond necklace that read, “Skibidi” in honor of her 44th birthday and one of their most-used terms in October.
Other notable terms that made their debut are “lewk,” “Broligarchy,” “Inspo” and “work wife.” And while the social media lexicon is growing day by day, the Cambridge Dictionary emphasized why the new additions are more than just passing fads.
“It’s not every day you get to see words like skibidi and delulu make their way into the Cambridge Dictionary,” the organization’s Lexical Programme Manager Colin McIntosh said in a press release. “We only add words where we think they’ll have staying power. Internet culture is changing the English language, and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the Dictionary.”
