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Over 6,000 new words have been added to the Cambridge Dictionary. Alamy
quick quiz
From tradwife to delulu, do you know what these new words added to the dictionary mean?
The Cambridge Dictionary said internet culture is changing our language.
THE CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY has added over 6,000 new words to its dictionary this year – many of which have stemmed from online culture or shortening of existing words.
“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.
Some you may have heard, some you’ll wish you didn’t: we’ve decided a quick quiz on some of the more bizarre additions is the best way to pass on the news.
(And no, we’re not sure if it’s best to score high or low in this quiz).
We'll start easy: What is a 'tradwife' officially defined as in the Cambridge Dictionary?
A woman who has no desire to marry, bear children, or conform to 'traditional' female values
A solitary farm woman, who typically spends much of her day providing for herself and her husband
A married woman, especially one who posts on social media, who stays at home doing cooking, cleaning, etc. and has children that she takes care of
A woman who marries in her late teens or early twenties - formerly the traditional age one was expected to
What about 'delulu'?
A play on the word delusional, means ‘believing things that are not real or true, usually because you choose to’
A type of Chinese doll that has gained popularity online in recent months
A person who suffers from frequent hallucinations as a result of a dependence on AI
Someone who believes they will make their fortune dropshipping
Skibidi has been termed by 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'.
Which of these sentences is NOT an example of it in use by the dictionary?
What the skibidi are you doing?
That man was so skibidi.
That wasn’t very skibidi rizz of you.
“Skibidi, skibidi, skibidi,” a boy of around seven sang to himself, as he dribbled a football.
The amalgamation of two words lent itself to the birth of 'Broligarchy'. What does it mean?
A government that is majorly comprised of men whose personal businesses benefit from their decisions at state level
Brothers who co-own a business valued at over £1bn/$1bn and are the only directors of the company
The phenomenon of a small number of families accruing multiple government contracts due to nepotism
A small group of men, especially men owning or involved in a technology business, who are extremely rich and powerful, and who have or want political influence
And finally, what is 'mouse jiggler' defined as?
An affectionate term for a cat, especially one that has a role in keeping pests at bay
A device or piece of software used to make it seem as though a computer mouse is moving so that it seems as though you are working when you are not
An employee that evades work by appearing to be engrossed in their screen in the presence of superiors
A slang term for a pest control official
You scored out of !
You are so skibidi
There is grass to touch outside
You scored out of !
Middle-ground
Your screen time is high, but it could be worse
You scored out of !
A person of nature
Congratulations, you have seen the sun recently
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