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Oxford Word of the year: Slang term 'goblin mode' takes the title

Al Jazeera, 06 Dec 2022
Oxford Dictionary has picked its word of the year - and it is the slang term 'goblin mode’.
It's a type of behaviour, which is 'self-indulgent, lazy, or greedy, in a way that rejects social norms'.
2022 is the first time the winner has been determined by a public vote.

Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett went to Oxford to find out.

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