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'Skibidi,' 'delulu' make their way into Cambridge Dictionary

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'Skibidi,' 'delulu' make their way into Cambridge Dictionary – DW – 08/18/2025

The latest additions to the world's largest online dictionary, among 6,000 others, show how much internet culture is changing the English language.

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I’ve never heard of delulu before. Sure I may not know what skibidi is but at least I’ve heard of it. Made me think of labubu
- Me neither. Looked it up and it is short for delusional, for anyone else that doesn't know
- How haven't you heard of delulu? I predates the internet?
  
  Idk it just never came up. Also, why would they wait so long to add that word if it’s so ancient?
  
  I also don't exactly know what it means. I have heard it in a song lyric or two, but have never known someone to say it in conversation.
Sigh. It's a sad day.
- Why?
it always amuses me when people complain about stuff like this
words that people use are being put in the big list of words that people use??? oh noes!!!
- "aint aint a word and I aint gonna say it"
  
  According to my grandmother her grandmother used to chastise folks for using the word ain't, all I gotta say to that is ain't that a kick in the head.
That's very ohio of them
I still don't know what those words mean
- Skibidi is literally listed as a nonsense word, so it essentially has no meaning!
  
  Like, brainless filler, innit, knowotImean?
- Delulu means delusional I think.
  Skibidi I have no clue. Maybe "I spend too much time on tiktok" ?
  
  Wikipedia's article about it seems to be written by someone living under a rock. Six years ago Little Big released the song Skibidi.
  https://youtu.be/mDFBTdToRmw
I always thought "skibidi" meant "that's all folks". Fuck I'm old.
- “Skibidi skibidi skibidi… That's all, folks!” - Porky Pig
  
  Exactly!

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