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The Independent
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Cambridge Dictionary adds 6,000 new words to lexicon
Cambridge Dictionary is set to add over 6,000 new terms to its lexicon this year, reflecting modern life, internet culture, and societal changes. New entries include popular social media slang such as "skibidi", "tradwife", and "delulu", alongside terms like "mouse jiggler" from remote working. "Skibidi" is a word with varying meanings or used as a joke, originating from a viral YouTube series, while "tradwife" describes a stay-at-home married woman, often active on social media. Other additions include "forever chemical" and "broligarchy", the latter describing a powerful group of men in technology, exemplified by those attending US President Donald Trump 's inauguration. Colin McIntosh, Cambridge Dictionary's lexical programme manager, said that only words with anticipated lasting relevance are added, based on usage observed in the Cambridge English Corpus.
Times
13-05-2025
- Business
- Times
AI can help stop teachers leaving the profession
Sir Humphrey's battered old lexicon lives on at the Department for Education, it seems. A recent report from the National Audit Office revealed that officials at the DfE had called the task of recruiting the government's desired 6,500 new teachers 'a significant challenge' — confirming what many had long suspected about the prospects of the target being hit. Something needs to change and AI can help. A ballooning workload is one of the reasons most commonly cited by teachers leaving the profession, and has become such a part of teaching's reputation that it puts people off joining in the first place. AI has the potential to tame the demands of the job so that they at least more closely map on to the confines of
