{"id":1763530,"date":"2022-12-05T13:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763530"},"modified":"2022-12-05T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T18:49:04","slug":"oops-oxford-dictionary-chooses-goblin-mode-as-word-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oops-oxford-dictionary-chooses-goblin-mode-as-word-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops: Oxford Dictionary Chooses \u2018Goblin Mode\u2019 As Word Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foops-oxford-dictionary-chooses-goblin-mode-as-word-of-the-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763530&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><em>\u201cYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.\u201d \u2014 Inigo Montoya, \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Every year, in an increasingly outdated effort, the major dictionaries (remember those?) ask people to pick a single word or phrase they think sums up the year (or, as the verbose site says, a term that captures \u201cthe ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the past twelve months\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>For 2022, online voters on the Oxford English Dictionary website picked \u201cgoblin mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.K.-based dictionary defines the term as \u201ca type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term first appeared on Twitter in 2009 but gained popularity during and after the COVID pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the year we\u2019ve just experienced, \u2018goblin mode\u2019 resonates with all of us who are feeling a little overwhelmed at this point,\u201d Oxford Languages President Casper Grathwohl said in a statement. \u201c2022 has been a year defined by opening back up. However, although we have finally been able to physically reunite and come together again, our world somehow feels more divided than ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the origin of the term is odd. Goblin mode went viral last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/12\/04\/arts\/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html\">according<\/a> to The New York Times, \u201cthanks to a satirical tweet featuring a fake news headline that quoted the actress Julia Fox saying that she and Kanye West broke up because he didn\u2019t like it when she \u2018went goblin mode.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet Urban Dictionary, a lexicography of young users, offered a slew of other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbandictionary.com\/define.php?term=Goblin%20mode\">definitions<\/a> \u2014 some of which can\u2019t be printed here.<\/p>\n<p>The latest definition, offered in April, says goblin mode is \u201cwhen you are in an extreme reckless mode, feeling very mischievous, and lack concern for the well being of others. Normally caused by consuming lots of alcohol.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As an example of its use in a sentence, the poster said: \u201cI saw my roommate Zack chug three 4 lokos on someones [sic] snapchat story, I really hope when he comes home tonight he isn\u2019t in Goblin Mode.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another user said goblin mode means a sexual position, while another said it means to take drugs with alcohol. Still, another said it means to have schizophrenia, and another user claimed the term means \u201cwhen one decides to participate in evil and vile activities such as being chronically online.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The term won 93% of the more than 340,000 votes cast. The other two finalists were \u201cmetaverse\u201d and the hashtag \u201c#IStandWith.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Merriam-Webster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/words-at-play\/word-of-the-year\">announced<\/a> its word of the year is \u201cgaslighting.\u201d The dictionary said the word saw a 1,740% increase in lookups over the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recent years, we have seen the meaning of gaslighting refer also to something simpler and broader: \u2018the act or practice of grossly misleading someone, especially for a personal advantage,\u201d the dictionary said in a statement. \u201cIn this use, the word is at home with other terms relating to modern forms of deception and manipulation, such as fake news, deepfake, and artificial intelligence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.\u201d \u2014 Inigo Montoya, \u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d *** Every year, in an increasingly outdated effort, the major dictionaries (remember those?) ask people to pick a single word or phrase they think sums up the year (or, as the verbose site &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":1763533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1763530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1763533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}