The real debate isn’t whether internet slang counts as “proper English”, but which words get preserved and which are left to vanish, says NUS Centre for Language Studies’ Daniel Chan.

The terms, which started as online slang, are expected to have staying power. By Alisha Haridasani Gupta A gibberish word, a gender-regressive label and the shorthand for delusional thinking have all ...

English is evolving faster than ever — and the Cambridge Dictionary’s 2025 update proves it. This year, a record 6,212 new words and meanings have been added, reflecting the huge influence of social ...

Cambridge Dictionary has added thousands of words and phrases over the past 12 months, including ones popularized by social ...

Among the 6,000 or so words added to the dictionary over the past year, these internet neologisms have now asserted their place in the English language, whether you like it or not. Most of these words ...

“Skibidi” is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet culture is changing the English language and ...

Multiple words, such as “delulu” and “skibidi” that many people dismiss as nonsense internet slang used by kids, have just been added to the Cambridge Dictionary. These slang terms are among the over ...

LONDON (AP) — What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi” is one of the slang terms popularized by social media, and it’s among more than 6,000 additions this year to the ...

On Wednesday, Cambridge Dictionary announced that its 2023 word of the year is "hallucinate," owing to the popularity of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, which sometimes produce erroneous ...

LONDON – A gibberish word, a gender-regressive label and the shorthand for delusional thinking have all been added to the Cambridge English Dictionary in 2025, speaking volumes about the current ...