Speaking of being old and out of touch...

[d000hg]

Have never heard of this. And how can word of the year be a phrase rather than a word anyway?

The first Oxford word of the year to be chosen by public vote has been announced.

The winning word, "goblin mode", is a slang term describing "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour.

It was one of three potential choices selected by Oxford lexicographers.

Thousands managed to drag themselves out of goblin mode to vote, as the phrase won by a landslide with 318,956 votes, making up 93% of the total.

So, what does goblin mode mean exactly?

According to Oxford University Press, which publishes the Oxford English Dictionary, it is a slang term often used in the expressions such as "I am in goblin mode" or "to go goblin mode".

It went on to explain it as "a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations".

The youth of today, get off my lawn, etc, etc.

[_V_]

Never heard it, unless it refers to some drunk woman at the Xmas office party.

[d000hg]

Never heard it, unless it refers to some drunk woman at the Xmas office party.

Goblin mode sounds like a service NLadyUK might offer.

[Uncle Albert]

I'm that old that I assumed it referred to a new function on a Teasmade.

[SueEllen]

I'm that old that I assumed it referred to a new function on a Teasmade.

I never understood those. Didn't you get stewed tea?

[Uncle Albert]

I never understood those. Didn't you get stewed tea?

Not really, it only added the water when the alarm went off. Not that I've used one in decades. They used to be in every B&B across the country.

[clearedforlanding]

On a more general level, as you grow up, you gradually come to realize that the world you live in bears little relationship to the world you grew up in and, for a while, thrived in. Life has marched on and you didn't keep up. You are slowly becoming irrelevant and marginalized in a world seemingly owned and run by a younger generation.

[NotAllThere]

.... Life has marched on and you didn't keep up. You are slowly becoming irrelevant and marginalized in a world seemingly owned and run by a younger generation.

No. That's just you.

[SueEllen]

No. That's just you.

No need to be nasty.

[vetran]

I never understood those. Didn't you get stewed tea?

the alarm went off and the hot water went into the teapot (by boiling over in the kettle into a spout pointed at the teapot) the teapot contained a dry tea bag, you poured it out before it stewed.