The Hot Seat: Should Gen-Z slang be included in the dictionary?

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The Hot Seat: Should Gen-Z slang be included in the dictionary? ? From “skibidi” to “delulu”, Gen-Z slang is reshaping the way young people communicate - but should these words make their way into the dictionary? Hongbin Jeong speaks to Dr Daniel Chan, Former Deputy Director and Senior Lecturer of French at the NUS Centre for Language Studies, and Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, as well as Sascha Stollhans, Professor of Language Education and Linguistics & Pro-Dean for Student Education (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures) at University of Leeds, to discuss whether slang should earn its place in the dictionary.
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