“Goblin Mode really does speak to the times and the zeitgeist, and it is certainly a 2022 expression,” American linguist and lexicographer Ben Zimmer said at an event announcing the 2022 word ...

If so, you might already be in “goblin mode” – chosen by the public as the 2022 Oxford word of the year. As you read this, look around. Are you still in bed?

Oxford Dictionaries announced today that 'Goblin Mode' - a phrase linked to celebrities Elon Musk (pictured) and Julia Fox - has been selected in an online vote as the word of 2022.

Oxford English Dictionary reveals its 2022 word of the year: "Goblin mode" 01:05. As 2022 nears its end, dictionaries are chiming in on the word that best that encompasses the year.

The whole word is going goblin mode, it seems. The good folks over at Oxford, the published behind the Oxford English Dictionary, announced that "goblin mode" was 2022's Word of the Year.

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As for “goblin mode,” it will surely enjoy another spike thanks to the publicity around the Word of the Year. But — to use an adjective added to the O.E.D. in June — is it now officially ...

Now edited by public referendum, Oxford’s 2022 “word” of the year is “goblin mode.” It is, per the dictionary organization, “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self ...

The term was first used in 2009 but went viral on social media earlier this year, OUP said.

The term was first used in 2009 but went viral on social media earlier this year, OUP said.

The term was first used in 2009 but went viral on social media earlier this year, OUP said.

Words of the year selected by other dictionaries showed what else people were searching for when not in goblin mode. Merriam-Webster crowned “gaslighting” — “The act or practice of grossly ...