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Juniper had the term "goblin time" in the back of her mind as something people on the internet joked about, then changed it to "goblin mode" because it seemed just true enough.
The person behind a fake Julia Fox headline about 'goblin mode' says they did her a favor by distracting from her breakup with Ye Lindsay Dodgson 2022
alexz commented on the word goblin mode
I only heard about this word today when it was Oxford's word of the year. I've never heard it before.
December 5, 2022
vendingmachine commented on the word goblin mode
(slang, neologism) The state of being unapologetically lethargic, slovenly, and prone to odd and self-indulgent behavior.
From modern fantasy depictions of goblins as filthy, brutish, cave-dwelling creatures, a departure from older folkloric depictions first used by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Hobbit (1937). The term is first attested on Twitter in 2009, but gained popularity in 2022.
March 10, 2024