At the end of 2024 the Cambridge Dictionary added the words and phrases the ick, skibidi, delulu, face journey and tradwife to its lexicon. The move was deemed necessary because they had entered into common parlance and therefore were needed for someone to understand the English language.
If the Catholic dictionary were to update itself at the end of 2025, it might include the word tradismatic. It may not be quite as much of an internet trend as the ick, but it certainly describes a growing spirituality among Catholics. As the name suggests, tradismatic is a mix of two dominant liturgical expressions of the twenty-first century: “trad” representing traditionalist, and “ismatic” representing charismatic.
