Colin McIntosh is the Cambridge Dictionary’s Lexical Program manager. Of the latest additions to the dictionary—which include words like Skibidi, Delulu, Tradwife, Inspo, Lewk, Broligarchy—he told the Associated Press that the dictionary only adds words that it thinks have “staying power.”

All words have staying power in that once they’re uttered, they exist forever. No matter how popular they were in their time, all words eventually get inducted into the lexicon like they’re seven-time All-Stars and three-time NBA champions who were a shoo-in for the Hall of Fame from their rookie seasons.

But not all words maintain relevance, which I think is what McIntosh and Big Dictionary are trying to pinpoint. By making a big show of these yearly announcements of inductees, they attempting to ceme

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