What Oxford’s word of the year ‘goblin mode’ says about the mental health discourse and social media

As 2022 comes to a close, it’s “word of the year” season overall. Oxford has stated “goblin mode” as its word of the year while the Collins Dictionary said it is “permacrisis”. Merriem-Webster announced “gaslighting” as its word of the year while Cambridge declared it as “homer”. Oxford classifies “goblin mode” as slang, which describes … Read more

What Oxford’s word of the year ‘goblin mode’ says about the mental health discourse and social media

As 2022 comes to a close, it’s “word of the year” season overall. Oxford has stated “goblin mode” as its word of the year while the Collins Dictionary said it is “permacrisis”. Merriem-Webster announced “gaslighting” as its word of the year while Cambridge declared it as “homer”. Oxford classifies “goblin mode” as slang, which describes … Read more