Skibidi, broligarchy, inspo, delulu, and a host of other new terms have been officially welcomed into the Cambridge Dictionary, expanding its 2025 list of newly added words.
Among the dictionary's latest entries—which you can now look up and read definitions for—are bits of slang that have been circulating in online communities over roughly the past year. You might have encountered these words on platforms like TikTok or Instagram. While they're often linked to Gen Z and Gen Alpha, several have already entered broader, everyday use.
For one, you can now rest assured that "skibidi," a quirky term originating from YouTuber DaFuq!?Boom!'s Skibidi Toilet series, is officially recognized and defined by the Cambridge Dictionary. It's one of more than 6,000 new words added in the last year. The dictionary describes it 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 noted 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 notable new entries include "broligarchy," referring to groups of influential men and tech leaders like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Mark Zuckerberg who seek political clout, and tradwife, a shorthand for “traditional wife.” Additional abbreviated terms that have gained widespread traction are "inspo" (short for inspiration) and "delulu" (short for delusional). Finally, there's lewk, which describes a person's distinctive style or outfit.
“It’s not every day you get to see words like skibidi and delulu make their way into the Cambridge Dictionary," said Cambridge Dictionary Lexical Programme Manager Colin McIntosh. "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.”
This set of words might make some people raise an eyebrow, but each has undoubtedly played a role in online dialogue for some time. No matter how odd they may seem to some, this is hardly the first instance of popular internet slang finding its way into dictionaries. "Isekai," a genre of anime where the protagonist is transported to an unfamiliar world, was added to the Oxford English Dictionary last year. Terms like "emoji" and "clickbait" joined Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary in 2015.
To learn more about Skibidi Toilet, you can read about the upcoming untitled Skibidi Toilet project announced last year. Details remain scarce, though Transformers veteran Michael Bay is reportedly involved.
