Goblin mode

[Chojin]

First heard this term a couple of weeks ago and now it's the Oxford word of the year.

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

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.theguardian.com

Confession time I ate a yogurt while standing at the fridge yesterday. I didn't make any grunting noises however.

When were you last in goblin mode?

 

[Lysander]

I missed a full stop when writing a post

 

[Resident]

Forgive the pendantry but isn't 'Goblin mode' two separate words therefore would be a phrase?

 

[throwaway4372]

Never heard it before, this is a fail pick imo.

 

[GreatAuk]

Ha that's funny I thought goblin mode was more 'crazy, lighthearted evil, chaotic, unexpected, weird' rather than 'lazy & self-indulgent' because I'd only heard it in the context of videos of animals acting like that being called 'goblin mode'.

Feel like the definition is already out of step with usage!

Eg this:

I might have gone for 'cope' as word of the year, feel like it got used loads and although annoying can be an effective description.

 

[Clearcut]

I always thought it was initiated when you grabbed your girlfriend's hair.

 

[wildman]

I always thought it was initiated when you grabbed your girlfriend's hair.

depends what hair you are grabbing as lower hair would be "Trump-mode".......................

 

[Feek]

I've got a Goblin teasmade, does that count?

 

[Cleisthenes]

Never heard of it

 

[Minusorange]

I've got a Goblin teasmade, does that count?

Sounds better than a Goblin Tease Maid

 

[Chojin]

I've got a Goblin teasmade, does that count?

I don't know I thought pet names were used as a term of endearment.

 

[Kelt]

I've got a Goblin teasmade, does that count?

I bought one of those for my parents at Christmas, forty odd years ago, think they used it once.

 

[Deleted User 298457]

So it isn't a dowie hole (noun), it is dowie going goblin mode (verb).

Everyday is a school day!

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

I've heard of beast mode, but never goblin mode until now.

Strep-A seems to be the buzzword atm. Never heard of it until last week, then the press decided that this is a new pandemic that started only from last week.

 

[arknor]

is this the oxford american dictionary

 

[potatolord]

Eating a Goblin Meat Pie must come under "goblin mode".

 

[dowie]

Never heard it before, this is a fail pick imo.

It's a twitter thing related to a fake viral news story re: Kanye West and his ex gf.

 

[Malevolence]

What is this ****? Cabbaging and monging have been around for decades. Why change the name to 'Goblin Mode'?

 

[Diddums]

What is this ****? Cabbaging and monging have been around for decades. Why change the name to 'Goblin Mode'?

Offensive innit. Gen Z thing, take something that's been around for decades, get offended by it, then replace it with something else.

 

[Malevolence]

Offensive innit. Gen Z thing, take something that's been around for decades, get offended by it, then replace it with something else.

Bloody zoomers. Should've known it.