I enjoyed several things in this article:

"This year, “goblin mode” was up against...runners-up “metaverse” and the hashtag “#IStandWith.” In the end, “goblin mode” ran away with 93 percent of the more than 340,000 votes.

Merriam-Webster crowned “gaslighting” — “The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage” — as its word of the year."

Gift link:
https://wapo.st/3YSovle

@sierrakim the OUP held a public poll this year to choose the OED's word of the year. Choices were "metaverse", "#IStandWith" and "goblin mode"... none of which really seem to be words of the year to me. "Goblin Mode" in particular had passed me by completely until all the pieces in the papers explaining what it meant --- feels a lot more like "someone really wants this phrase to happen" rather than genuine usage.

It's incredibly sad to watch people's self-worth be demolished by internet hate campaigns on social media. #istandwith #johnmastodon

@Floppy It came second, apparently, followed by another multi-word "word" #IStandWith. Yes, with the hash.

#GoblinMode

Am Montag hat das Oxford English Dictionary sein Wort des Jahres gekürt (knapp 320.000 Ab­stim­mungs­teil­neh­mende).
Der Begriff fuhr einen eindeutigen Sieg ein, 93% stimmten dafür, weit abgeschlagen die zweit- und drittplatzierten „Metaverse“ und der Solidaritätshashtag „#IStandWith“.
(TAZ)

Die menschliche Selbstüberhöhung ist doch das lächerlichste und gnomenhafteste überhaupt. Und zwar schon, ..., äh, lange.

#IStandwith the @RMTunion@twitter.com
Well said Mick Lynch

RT @Haggis_UK@twitter.com

Mick Lynch(RMT) - "The only people that won't lose money are the train operating companies... as this govt is corrupting business... it's punishing industries in return for their ideological dispute with the trade unions.. & Shapps is still sticking his oar into this dispute"

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Haggis_UK/status/1599836491970072578

The results of the Oxford Languages Word of the Year are in: 1) goblin mode (still a bit of a mystery to me), 2) metaverse, 3) #IStandWith.
https://languages.oup.com/word-of-the-year/2022/

#Istandwith #goblinmode in the #metaverse

@mattjhodgkinson I think that's because we all the concepts represented by the other candidates (the marketing gambit “Metaverse” and the earnest but ultimately vacant "#IStandWith").

"Goblin mode" beat out "metaverse" and "#IStandWith" in a landslide.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/dec/05/goblin-mode-new-oxford-word-of-the-year

"Goblin mode" beat out "metaverse" and "#IStandWith" in a landslide.
https://bundle.app/nR95zyAJ

nytimes: Following a landslide online popular vote, an in-joke that surged to prominence thanks to a satirical tweet beat out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith” as Oxford's One Word to Rule Them All for 2022. https://t.co/IOjE7vYWmt https://t.co/mvvZsQl20F 1599750496788553729

nytimes: Following a landslide online popular vote, an in-joke that surged to prominence thanks to a satirical tweet beat out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith” as Oxford's One Word to Rule Them All for 2022. https://t.co/IOjE7vYWmt https://t.co/mvvZsQl20F 1599750496788553729

💬 The Oxford Dictionary word of the year 2022 has now been revealed - find out if it's #goblinmode #metaverse or #IStandWith...

https://www.nationalworld.com/culture/oxford-dictionary-word-of-the-year-2022-goblin-mode-metaverse-istandwith-3941904 #news

Following a landslide online popular vote, an in-joke that surged to prominence thanks to a satirical tweet beat out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith”... https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1599750496788553729

# The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode

With the slang term beating out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith,” has the publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary lost it like the rest of us?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html

# The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode

With the slang term beating out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith,” has the publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary lost it like the rest of us?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html

The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode - With the slang term beating out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith,” has the publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary lost it like the rest of us? #nytimes

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html

Following a landslide online popular vote, an in-joke that surged to prominence thanks to a satirical tweet beat out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith”... https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1599527126507683842

# The Word of the Year Goes Goblin Mode

With the slang term beating out “metaverse” and “#IStandWith,” has the publisher behind the Oxford English Dictionary lost it like the rest of us?

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/arts/goblin-mode-oxford-word.html