Cambridge Dictionary has added over 6,000 new words in the past year, many inspired by Gen Alphas (people born in the 2010s) on TikTok. Gen Zs (post-millenials born between 1997 and 2012) also get the credit/blame for some new words. Among the new words that were released on Aug. 18: skibidi, delulu, tradwife and broligarchy.

Skibidi is a slang term that has different meanings, such as cool or bad, or no real meaning at all, as a joke. It was coined by Alexey Gerasimov, the creator of a viral animated video series, “Skibidi Toilet,” on YouTube. Most of the videos show toilets with the heads of grown men spinning and talking while singing songs.

Used it in a sentence, one might ask, “What the skibidi are you doing?” or complain, “that wasn’t very skibidi rizz of you.” (“Rizz” was the Oxfo

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