Are You ‘Delulu’? ‘Tradwife’ and ‘Skibidi’ Among Surprise New Words in Cambridge Dictionary

Breibart ^ | 8/18/25 | Simon Kent

[Duke C.]

The Cambridge Dictionary has accepted 6,000 new words into its English language canon this year – including slang inspired by social media discourse.

Delulu, tradwife, broligarcy, and lewk, have all been added because experts believe the words will not be just a fad, but will have linguistic staying power. Skibidi is also there amongst them.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
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[mewzilla]

You can call me anything you want, just don’t call me late to dinner.

[Don W]

“Lewk?”

Labelling Every Whiner Karen?
Loud Encounters With Kindergarteners?
Lunching Everywhere With Kikkoman’s?
Lumping Entropy With Kinetics?

Curious.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

This is how I know I’m getting old. The last time I was caught up on new cultural terms was Valley Girl speak.

[RainMan]

Lewk, I am your father. Who’s your daddy?

[shelterguy]

Far out, man. I dig it.

[Kriggerel]

Skibidi Toilet is not only the stupidest thing I have ever seen, that I think it goes beyond stupid to actually be a black hole that sucks away the intelligence minute-by-minute of anyone watching it...

[Charles Martel]

Isn't that the name of a song.

Sounds like something from an old King Features cartoon, with Popeye trying to perform a number from Song of the South.

[Chickensoup]

TC you are too too coool!!!!

[Dr. Sivana]

I say Bosh! Havers! Balderdash!

Flummery! Humbug!

[4Runner]

Please do let us know if you get her cellphone number, after the compliment you just gave her. FR as a dating website. Wow.

[Rainbow Rising]

It’s just a bunch of malarkey!

[Salman]

It is descriptive not prescriptive.
The new words need to be there so people can look them up.

What if someone comes across one of those words in a printed newspaper without having internet access? { snicker }

[Chickensoup]

TC, you playing for the other team these days???

I had no idea!!!

We chicks need to stick together, Bud!

[Tax-chick]

Going on 37 years with my husband, but sometimes I imagine a little apartment all to myself ...