"Goblin mode" has been voted the Oxford English Dictionary's word of the year by a large margin.

The word, which describes the act of " unapologetic self-indulgence, laziness, slovenliness or greed," received nearly 319,000 votes, or 93 percent of the total, in an overwhelming victory.

The Oxford University Press recently announced the word of the year as "goblin mode," with "metaverse" in second place and #IStandWith in third. This year, for the first time, the public voted for the word of the year.

According to Oxford University Press, the term, which translates to "goblin mode," appeared on Twitter back in 2009 and became popular on social media earlier this year.

As the new epidemic anti-epidemic measures relaxed, people don't want to go back to their old way of life. Or they want to rebel against increasingly unattainable aesthetic standards and unsustainable lifestyles, and the slang term, which means "unapologetic self-indulgent, lazy, sloppy or greedy ," was voted on by the public for the first time this year.

According to Oxford University Press, the term, which translates to "goblin mode," appeared on Twitter back in 2009 and became popular on social media earlier this year.

As the new epidemic loosens its grip, people don't want to go back to their old way of life. Or they want to rebel against increasingly unattainable aesthetic standards and unsustainable lifestyles, and the slang term, which means "self-indulgent, lazy, sloppy or greedy behavior without apology," resonates.

Instead of just sharing their sophisticated lives on social media, people have begun to share their messy lives.

Casper Grathwohl, head of Oxford University Press, said it's a relief to realize that people who feel they should present their idealized, carefully crafted selves on social media like Instagram and TikTok may not always have to look like that.

According to Google data, the phrase accidentally went viral in February this year, when American actress Julia Fox was said to be the first to quote it on social media, but was denied by the person concerned.

It was later confirmed that it was in fact a fabricated flirtation by a Twitter user. Although it was an " accident ", but the " bad mode " is in a lot of discussion in the forefront. One user said, "The term accurately describes the state of insanity we're in heading into 2022.

The popularity of the term reflects a subtle shift in social sentiment. Internet aesthetics (Cottagecore) was once the high-frequency word of the year at the beginning of the new crown epidemic outbreak.

People used to share their home baked treats and hand-made embroideries under this term, lamenting the "romantic life" imagined after the social clock was stopped.

However, as the epidemic enters its third year, this sentiment has turned into a kind of "self-exile after the fall". Endlessly swiping through social media feeds, mechanically pouring a bag of chips into your mouth, and going out in your pajamas only to go downstairs and buy a can of Coke at the convenience store.

#IStandWith is a hashtag that has appeared widely in English-language social media this year to identify the attitudes and positions of Internet users in related events, and thus find their respective partner.

Meanwhile, the "Metaverse," which represents the imagination of the future, not surprisingly made this year's shortlist, first appearing in 1992 in the science fiction novel SnowCrash by American novelist Neal Stephenson.

Now, 30 years later, "virtual reality", which existed in the science fiction imagination, has quietly become a topic of conversation over dinner.

In late 2021, Zuckerberg announced that Facebook had changed its name to Meta ("metaverse"), accelerating the popularity of the phrase. The largest layoffs in the tech industry that were revealed this year also put Meta Universe on the front burner again.

Despite the controversy, the phrase has indeed become the center of public opinion in the past year, with its usage quadrupling in October 2022 alone compared to the same period last year.

Last year, the Oxford English Dictionary chose vax (vaccine) as its word of the year.