According to Oxford lexicographers, the word of the year is goblin mode – a kind of laziness

The word of the year in the anglophone environment, according to the publishers of Oxford dictionaries, was the term goblin mode. It refers to “a type of behavior that is blatantly self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, usually in a way that defies social norms or expectations,” the AP said. Recently, the term has often appeared in connection with the never-ending covid-19 pandemic.

The term goblin mode first appeared in 2009 on twitter. It could be translated into Czech as goblin mode.

“Goblin mode is when you wake up at two in the morning and go into the kitchen in just a long t-shirt to make a weird snack, like melt cheese on pretzels,” Dave McNamee, whose tweets about goblin mode are on went viral in the spring. According to him, Goblin mode is not an identity, but rather a state of mind. “It’s about a complete lack of aesthetics. Because why should an imp care about how it looks? Why should an imp care about presentation?” he added.

“The goblin regime is kind of the opposite of self-improvement,” Juniper, who did not want to give her last name, told the newspaper. “I think that’s the kind of energy we’re putting into 2022 – everyone’s a little bit wild and crazy right now,” she added.

On the social network TikTok, the term appears in videos of everything from smoking marijuana, not taking medication, to “stockpiling weird things in case they run out.” In other videos, he is paired with women without make-up and in mismatched tracksuits speaking to the camera in a confessional style.

According to the paper, Goblin mode is a direct departure from the “cottagecore” trend, which included pastel colors, peaceful scenery and demonstrations of domestic skills such as baking and needlework. Cottagecore flourished under the influence of an ethos of making the most of what many people assumed would be just a few boring weeks at home. But as the pandemic dragged on and the chaos of current events deepened, people felt cheated by the system and rejected that aesthetic, the paper said.

“Given the year we’ve just had, ‘goblin mode’ resonates with all of us who are feeling somewhat overwhelmed at the moment,” said Oxford Dictionaries chairman Casper Grathwohl.

This year, for the first time, the word of the year was voted on by the public, who could choose from three finalists determined by lexicographers from Oxford Languages. In addition to the term goblin mode, the terms metaverse, that is, a futuristic digital world, and the hashtag #IStandWith (I stand by), which is used to express support for selected people, advanced to the finals.

Golbin mode won 93 percent of the more than 340,000 votes cast. According to the AP, this choice is evidence that the world is unsettled after years of pandemic turmoil and the huge changes in behavior and politics brought about by social networks.

Last week, the encyclopedic company Merriam-Webster named gaslighting as the word of the year in English-speaking countries. The latter is used to indicate a method of psychological manipulation or emotional abuse, in which the perpetrator tries to sow doubts in the selected individual.

Last year’s word of the year from the publishers of Oxford dictionaries was vax, a slang abbreviation for vaccine. Last year, it also became the word of the year at the encyclopedic company Merriam-Webster.