For the first time, the Oxford English Dictionary selected the word of the year in a public vote, and the slang term “goblin mode” was selected as the word of the year 2022. Goblin mode is similar to the word “lay down” which has emerged in mainland China in recent years and describes people’s behavior as “indulgent, lazy, slovenly or unashamedly greedy, usually refusing to accept social norms and expectations.”
Oxford University Press lexicographers provided goblin, metaverse (metaverse) and #IStandWith (support) 3-word modes for public voting. Goblin Mode got 318,956 votes, with a 93% vote rate, twos and threes. Oxford Dictionaries chairman Grasworth said on Monday: ‘After last year’s experience, ‘goblin mode’ resonated with us and everyone was a little out of breath. We realized it doesn’t always have to be like that. Instagram and TikTok fuel a perfect, well-crafted picture.
Goblin mode first appeared on the social network Twitter in 2009 and became popular on social media in February 2022; many countries have lifted the lockdown measures of the new corona epidemic and people have gone out more often, but all have refused to go back to “normal life “, or Rebel against increasingly unattainable standards of beauty on social media. The “Guardian” gave vivid examples of goblin-mode behavior: watching dramas in bed all day, constantly scrolling through cell phones to look at social networks, pouring a whole bag of chips into your mouth and going out in your pajamas to buy a can of Coca-Cola , the goblin will not care about external aesthetics.
Under the epidemic situation, the mainland also became “flat”
The outbreak of the new crown epidemic has changed people’s way of life all over the world, and the idea of lying down has also spread to mainland China; when the epidemic caused layoffs, some people were forced to work 60 to 70 hours a week, causing a mental breakdown, and then chose to lie down. On social networks in the mainland, some netizens said that they do not want to return to the state before the epidemic and are pursuing a slow-paced life. One of the concepts of “Lie Flat” is to get rid of endless work, and it will increase in 2021. Some netizens said that they have been out of work for two years and do not feel bad. the pressure comes mainly from comparisons with the people around them and the traditional concept of the elderly. It is noted that Lieping specifically includes “not buying a house, not buying a car, not falling in love, not getting married, not having children, and low consumption.”
Originally released on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/goblin-mode named Oxford Dictionary word of the year meaning flat dish is becoming popular under the epidemic/351523?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
