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  1. The Cambridge Dictionary has added 6,000 words this year, including slang terms like skibidi and delulu. @AssociatedPress talked to Colin McIntosh, lexical program manager, about how his team decides what makes the cut. At the second link, find a quiz to see how well you know Gen Alpha slang.

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    #Language #Lexicography #Dictionaries #Words #Slang #GenAlpha #CambridgeDictionary #Skibidi

  2. Sky News: ‘Tradwife’, ‘delulu’ and ‘skibidi’ among new words added to Cambridge Dictionary. “The Cambridge Dictionary has officially welcomed 6,000 new words this year – including a wave of new slang inspired by social media. Delulu, tradwife, broligarcy, and lewk, have all been added because experts believe the words will not be just a fad, but will have linguistic staying power.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2025/08/18/sky-news-tradwife-delulu-and-skibidi-among-new-words-added-to-cambridge-dictionary/

  3. “Hallucinating” AI models help coin Cambridge Dictionary’s word of the year - Enlarge / A screenshot of the Cambridge Dictionary website where it ann... - arstechnica.com/?p=1984726 #cambridgedictionary #cambridgeuniversity #largelanguagemodels #machinelearning #hallucinations #confabulation #definitions #dictionary #chatgpt #chatgtp #biz#words #ai