Skibidi is a term borrowed from the YouTube animated series “Skibidi Toilet.” It has chameleonic powers in that it “has different meanings such as cool or bad, or can be used with no real meaning as a joke” depending on the context, according to the dictionary.

It seems that the world at large understands skibidi enough to officially recognise it as a word in the Cambridge Dictionary, however. It's one of 6,000 words that were recently a

Words like “skibidi,” “delulu,” and “tradwife” are now part of the global lexicon. However, for many Ghanaians, these new words may seem like gibberish. Their inclusion highlights a significant shift: internet trends are now influencing ...

According to Mashable, skibidi is “an onomatopoeia derived from the lyrics of ‘Give It to Me’ by Timbaland. When sped up, the chorus lyrics ‘so give it to me, give it to me’ sound like ‘skibidi’”. Huh!

Wordsmith and broadcaster Kel Richards delves into the meaning behind several Gen Z terminologies including “skibidi”.

Slang like "skibidi" may fade quickly, but its rise and fall show that language is alive and human in ways machines and dictionaries can't capture. "CBS Evening News" co-anchor John Dickerson explains.

Gen Z terms "tradwife" and "delulu" also made the cut (though they haven't made it past basic spell check yet).