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Podcast: Money Matters with Hongbin Jeong and Chua Tian Tian
Episode: The Hot Seat: Should Gen-Z slang be included in the dictionary?
Description: Slang words like skibidi, inspo, delulu and tradwife have been popularized by Gen Z and Gen Alpha, and they’re spreading fast through social media, memes, and even professional settings. They’re so popularised that the Cambridge University Press recently announced that those words, among the 6,000 entries, have been added to the online edition of the Cambridge Dictionary. According to the publisher, such words reflect on growing trends and how the internet culture is shaping the English language in ways both playful and serious. But should Gen Z slang like this be officially added...