goblin

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The movie opens with her reciting lines from a story that casts her as a brave royal determined to reclaim a baby from a goblin king.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

It is the fourth consecutive year that the public have played a part in picking Oxford's word of the year, after an inaugural public vote in 2022 saw "goblin mode" prevail.

From Barron's • Dec. 1, 2025

“That’s all great, but now you can smell like a dirty pond goblin if you want. And that’s cool.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025

Last year's Oxford word of the year was "goblin mode", another slang term describing "unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy" behaviour.

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023

He was just an archivist, and she was an officer in the goblin army, a lieutenant.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin