OED word (ok - phrase) of the year: Goblin Mode

[RobertH]

This year, Oxford Languages, the creator of the Oxford English Dictionary, titled "goblin mode" as the 2022 Word of the Year, meaning it best reflected the ethos and mood of the past 12 months. The slang term is defined as a "type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations."

[Nancy Farmer]

Ouch! What's the world comin' to, Robert?

[Collie]

If yall think Millennials are Goblin Mode, wait til you see Gen Z.

Me? Ima proud gen-Xer. We made laziness cool, however not greedy or too self-indulgent. 

[RobertH]

OR KILL ME!

If yall think Millennials are Goblin Mode, wait til you see Gen Z.

Me? Ima proud gen-Xer. We made laziness cool, however not greedy or too self-indulgent.