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

https://www.dw.com/en/skibidi-delulu-and-tradwife-make-their-way-into-cambridge-dictionary/a-73674319

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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carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 35 pts · 1y (10 replies)

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!!!

Sidhean@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y (3 replies)

"aint aint a word and I aint gonna say it"

vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

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.

Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You flamdrabs..The flarnibulous sprockle will wumble the glibberflats if you don't snorp

guess they should add these words because someone said em.

Sidhean@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y

The idea is if a lot of people use those words in a definable way, it would be good to define them somewhere

Pilferjinx@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

There should be a time limit for the addition of new words. If a word can sustain, let's say, 10 years of use then it can be put down for all of eternity. We have an urban dictionary for most nonsense words.

seralth@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Took a helluva long time for ain't and y'all to make it into the big book o words.

I don't get why modern slang is being thrown in so fast.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 3 pts · 1y

New hires at the dictionary companies are bored.

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 1y

Without proper steering, English is being driven by vapid influencers and not linguists. People complain about inconsistencies a lot, and yet more arbitrary additions by someone seeking relevance is how we 'progress' forward. It's like a kangaroo driving a bus.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

It makes them more "real." Official, like.

It's silly anyway. They put "jiggy" in there back in the 90's and nobody uses that word at all anymore. In 10-20 years, will we still see/hear these? 🤷‍♂️

Flames5123@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 1y

I definitely have said “gettin jiggy” at least once in the last two years. Maybe ironically, but it is part of my vernacular.

Kyle_The_G@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 1y (6 replies)

I still don't know what those words mean

Rekhyt@lemmy.world · 50 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Skibidi is literally listed as a nonsense word, so it essentially has no meaning!

phutatorius@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 1y

Like, brainless filler, innit, knowotImean?

FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 1y (3 replies)

Delulu means delusional I think.

Skibidi I have no clue. Maybe "I spend too much time on tiktok" ?

Widdershins@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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

Skua@kbin.earth · 21 pts · 1y

Well as a nonsense sound in music it's way older than that, right? Like Scatman John used it a whole bunch. The notability of it recently is that is started to be used more like a normal word, even if there's still not much of a meaning

reev@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 1y

I'm pretty sure the modern usage comes mostly from skibidi toilet.

Ydna@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 1y

That's very ohio of them

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I always thought "skibidi" meant "that's all folks". Fuck I'm old.

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

“Skibidi skibidi skibidi… That's all, folks!” - Porky Pig

melsaskca@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y

Exactly!

ThunderComplex@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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