Skibidi, broligarchy, inspo, delulu, and more terms have officially joined the Cambridge Dictionary in its growing list of new 2025 words.
Some of the dictionary’s latest inclusions, which you can now search and find definitions for yourself, reference lingo that has circulated throughout internet-savvy communities for the last year or so. They’re words you might have heard on social media sites like TikTok or Instagram, and although their popularity can be tied to gen-z and gen alpha groups, some have already spread into the mainstream.
For starters, you can rest easy knowing skibidi, a bizarre term that originates from YouTuber DaFuq!?Boom!’s Skibidi Toilet creation, is now officially recognized and defined by the Cambridge Dictionary. It’s one of the more than 6,000 new words to join the dictionary in the last year and describes the non-sensical word as “a word that can have different meanings, such as ‘cool’ or ‘bad,’ or can be used with no real meaning as a joke.”
“Phrases like ‘What the skibidi are you doing?’ and ‘That wasn’t very skibidi rizz of you’ have entered mainstream usage,” Cambridge University explained today. “In October last year, Kim Kardashian posted a video on social media showing a necklace her daughter had given her as a birthday present, engraved with the phrase ‘Skibidi Toilet’.”
Other new highlights include broligarchy, which references groups of powerful men and tech heads like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg who seek political influence, and tradwife, which is shorthand for “traditional wife.” Other term abbreviations that have found their way to mainstream use include inspo (short for inspiration) and delulu (short for delusional). Finally, there’s the word lewk, which refers to one’s style or outfit.
“It’s not every day you get to see words like skibidi and delulu make their way into the Cambridge Dictionary," Cambridge Dictionary Lexical Programme Manager Colin McIntosh said. "We only add words where we think they'll have staying power. Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the Dictionary.”
It's a group of words that might have some raising eyebrows, but there’s no doubt that each term has played a part in online conversations for a while. Regardless of how strange some may find them, this is far from the first time popular internet terms have wormed their way into dictionaries. Isekai, a type of anime genre that sees a protagonist traveling to an unfamiliar world, was added to the Oxford English Dictionary last year. Words like emoji and clickbait joined Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary in 2015.
To learn more about Skibidi Toilet, you can read up on the upcoming untitled Skibidi Toilet project announced last year. Details about what it could be remain a mystery, though Transformers veteran Michael Bay is reportedly involved.
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