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skibidi dance

skibidi dance

8.9
A popular dance from a music video that people copy on social media
  • noun
  • /ˈskɪbɪdi dæns/
  • Texting
translation icon : baile skibidi
  • The skibidi dance challenge became a hit on TikTok and YouTube.

Examples

  • He learned the skibidi dance just by watching a few videos online.

  • The skibidi dance is trending on TikTok right now.

  • Everyone at the party tried to do the skibidi dance together.

  • Have you seen the latest skibidi dance video?

  • The skibidi dance challenge became a hit on TikTok and YouTube.

  • Everyone at the party tried to do the skibidi dance together.

  • He learned the skibidi dance just by watching a few videos online.

Surface Forms

skibidi dance singular
skibidi dances plural

Morphology

skibidi + dance

The noun phrase is compositional: 'dance' provides the core meaning and 'skibidi' functions as a name/label, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a dance associated with 'Skibidi' (the song/trend). This X + dance pattern is a transparent, cross-linguistically common way to name a dance, though learners who do not recognise the proper name 'skibidi' will not know the specific referent.

Etymology

Skibidi dance comes from a silly music video by the band Little Big where the singer does a short, strange set of moves and funny faces. People copied those moves in short videos on TikTok and YouTube, so the phrase now means a popular 'dance' that many people try to copy.