Overview

• The online update covers more than 6,000 additions over the past year, signaling how social media vocabulary has entered everyday English.
• The dictionary defines “skibidi” as a flexible nonsense term that can mean cool, bad, or nothing; “delulu” as believing things that are not real or true by choice; and “tradwife” as a stay-at-home wife, especially one who posts about it on social media.
• Other notable entries reflect work, environment and culture shifts, including “mouse jiggler,” “forever chemical,” “work spouse,” “lewk” and “inspo,” plus “broligarchy” for powerful tech men seeking political influence.
• Cambridge’s lexicographers said they used the Cambridge English Corpus to track frequency and context and added only terms they believe will stand the test of time.
• The crossover from online to mainstream is visible in references from Kim Kardashian and in Australia’s parliament where Anthony Albanese said “delulu with no solulu,” even as some coverage highlighted skepticism about “skibidi.”