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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Helen Coffey

Skibidi, delulu and tradwife: What the new Cambridge Dictionary words tell us about the disturbing state of the world right now

It would be tempting to hear the latest words to hit the Cambridge Dictionary and simply roll your eyes with disdain. “Skibidi”, “delulu”, “tradwife”, “broligarchy” – what have these to do with anyone over the age of 30, save being more evidence that our reign of cultural relevance is over?

I had to fight the desire to do this myself, a millennial now past the point of knowing what’s what, let alone what’s hot. “Skibidi?”, I thought despondently; I didn’t even recognise the three syllables already so established as to have been accepted into the latest compilation of the English language.

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