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.
COMMENT: Spare us your ‘delulu’ slang – keep it for the school corridors, where it belongs, writes despairing parent
According to Mashable, skibidi is “an onomatopoeia derived from the lyrics of ‘Give It to Me’ by Timbaland. When sped up, the chorus lyrics ‘so give it to me, give it to me’ sound like ‘skibidi’”. Huh!
Gen Z terms "tradwife" and "delulu" also made the cut (though they haven't made it past basic spell check yet).
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.
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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The addition of skibidi to the Cambridge Dictionary has ignited a fierce debate about the influence of digital slang on the English language. As a term born from online memes, its recognition among 6,212 new dictionary entries raises questions about ...