Goblin Mode?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNo, apparently it is a term of online usage which is defined as \u201ca type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In other words, the kind of behaviour one expects from people who consider hashtags to be words and eschew responsibility by putting their work out to a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I feel like the OED has started gaslighting me. I’m team Merriam-Webster until the goblin mode ceases in Oxford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
There is dissent among the lexicographers! Whereas last year the Oxford English Dictionary (with the somewhat American-sounding diminutive ‘vax’) and Merriam-Webster (with the more formal, and somehow British sounding vaccine) concurred on word of the year, this time they have diverged. For the M-W, this year’s word is ‘gaslighting’, a not-especially-new term used to describe … <\/p>\n
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