'Skibidi' added to the Cambridge dictionary

'Skibidi' has been added to the Cambridge dictionary.

The slang word has become popular from social media use and is among 6,000 words added to the world's largest online dictionary in the past 12 months.

According to the dictionary only words that have "staying power" are included.

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What does skibidi mean?

Skibidi which started off as a nonsense word on social media.

It is now defined in the dictionary as "a word that can have different meanings such as 'cool' or 'bad', or can be used with no real meaning as a joke'.

It was started by the creator of a viral animated video series on YouTube and was voted a favourite slang word for kids by the Oxford dictionary behind 'slay' and 'sigma'.

As well as new phrases, some shortened versions of existing terms have been added, including "delulu".

This comes from the world delusional, with a similar definition: "believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to".

How do new words get added to the dictionary?

Dictionaries were traditionally big books with thousands of words and meanings, now many people use online dictionaries to look things up

"Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the dictionary," said Colin McIntosh, lexical programme manager at Cambridge Dictionary.

Mr McIntosh said Cambridge Dictionary only adds words which they believe will will still be popular in years to come.

"It's not every day you get to see words like 'skibidi' and 'delulu' make their way into the Cambridge Dictionary," he said.

"We only add words where we think they'll have staying power."

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