Amid global turmoil, mounting economic stress, and pent-up pandemic-related restlessness, 2022 was the year the world snapped and said, "that's it — I'm going goblin mode."

Not to be confused with "goblincore" (or goth cottagecore), goblin mode is a state of being whose definition changes slightly depending on the source. Over on Twitter, where "goblin mode" was in circulation for years before it went mainstream with a fake Julia Fox headline this February, the phrase is loosely used to...

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