The Oxford Dictionary has handed down its Word of the Year and its one that so perfectly sums up the last 12 months of whatever the fuck that was. My friends, the winner for 2022 is Goblin Mode.
Sure it might technically be two words and it may have been a publicly-voted award, but there is truly no other way to describe this year. We all went Goblin Mode in some shape or another, leaning right into the chaotic mess of our lives as we resurfaced from the last couple of years inside.
There’s no doubt that the extensive time in various stages of lockdown made everyone a little bit isolated and weird so us emerging on the other side like little goblins doesn’t surprise me in the slightest.
Julia Fox
