Gen Z and Gen Alpha terms like "Skibidi", "Delulu", "Tradwife" added to Cambridge dictionary

Srinagar, Aug 18: The Cambridge Dictionary has added over 6,000 new words to its online edition over the past year, including popular Gen Z and Gen Alpha terms like “skibidi,” “delulu,” and “tradwife,” Cambridge University Press announced on Monday.

Among the additions, tradwife—a blend of “traditional” and “wife”—reflects a growing and often controversial trend on Instagram and TikTok that embraces traditional gender roles.

Words popularised by Gen Z and Gen Alpha, including “skibidi”, “delulu”, and “tradwife” are among 6,000 new entries to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary over the last year, its publisher said Monday.

Cambridge University Press said tradwife, a portmanteau of traditional wife, reflected “a growing, controversial Instagram and TikTok trend that embraces traditional gender roles”.

The dictionary also tackled the slang term skibidi, which gained popularity through viral memes and the chaotic YouTube series Skibidi Toilet. Cambridge defines it as a word that can mean anything from “cool” to “bad,” or even nothing at all—highlighting its use as nonsensical internet slang.

Other new phrases include “lewk”, used to describe a unique fashion look and popularised by RuPaul’s Drag Race, and “inspo”, short for inspiration.