GET INTO GOBLIN MODE
YOU South Africa|22 December 2022
Oxford University Press' term of the year celebrates living unapologetically, no matter what that looks like - PJs and all!
GET INTO GOBLIN MODE

SLOTHS, rejoice! No longer will the lazy be shunned, the slovenly be side-lined or the messy maligned.

Lounging about the house in our PJs, eating whatever we can find and generally being the chillest we've ever been without any worries about how others will perceive us is finally bang on trend.

There's a reason "goblin mode" was selected as the Oxford University Press word - or term of the year.

It essentially means behaviour that is "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations”, Oxford University Press says.

This story is from the 22 December 2022 edition of YOU South Africa.

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