Goblin Mode

[FatCat]

Word / phrase of the year apparently!

Oxford word of the year 2022 revealed as 'goblin mode'

A landslide public vote chooses the 2022 word of the year from options prepared by lexicographers.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

Bbc article doesn't give a very good definition. It's about people giving up due to lockdown.

Slobbing out and giving up: why are so many people going ‘goblin mode’?

The term embraces the comforts of depravity and a direct departure from the ‘cottagecore’ influence of early pandemic days

www.google.com

 

[Dybuk]

I thought it was those pet pictures where they look like a goblin

 

[newyddion]

hmm.. "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour"

self-indulgent - depressed
lazy - depressed
slovenly - depressed
greedy - depressed

oh what jolly fun fun we have with the bbc and the oxford english dictionary ripping the pish out of a chronically depressed population.

 

[weemoby]

I'm obviously now officially an oldie wonk, as I've never heard of the term.

 

[Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret]

It's not the BBC taking the ****. It's a reaction to ****** Instagram influencers and a nihilism relating to the state of the world. I mean why give a **** if you don't have a future and you're in an increasingly isolated society.

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

Hobgoblin mode is better

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

I thought it was those pet pictures where they look like a goblin

Yeah this is what I understood it to mean.

 

[Kevo4]

Activated!

 

[TeaCider]

30 year old, never heard the term in my life.