People around the world found themselves navigating life after COVID restrictions in 2022—and a new ranking has crowned the joke phrase “goblin mode” as the term that encapsulated what the experience has been like.
The naming of this year’s Oxford Word of the Year—a term or expression that captures the zeitgeist of the past 12 months—has shown that, for English speakers, a pushback against demanding movements like hustle culture has permeated our lives.
