The first Oxford word of the year to be chosen by the public has been announced as ‘goblin mode’. The winning word is a slang term describing ‘unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy’ behaviour.
The first Oxford word of the year to be chosen by the public has been announced as ‘goblin mode’.
And third place in the poll by the Oxford English Dictionary publisher was taken by the popular Twitter hashtag ‘IStandWith’. It went on to explain it as ‘a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations’.
‘The strength of the response highlights how important our vocabulary is to understanding who we are and processing what’s happening to the world around us.
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