[Ads-l] new to me: "goblin mode"

[Wilson Gray]

> "Gobblin' mode" actually makes sense[.]

More since* than "goblin mode," which entails a re-interpretation of what a
goblin is that some of a certain age find peeving.
* I mean _sense_, of course.

On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 5:56 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> "Gobblin' mode" actually makes sense: simultaneously devouring junk
> food and bad TV.
>
> JL
>
> On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 5:11 PM James Eric Lawson <jel at nventure.com> wrote:
>
> > I associate the term with 'goblin mode' with "Gobblin' mode" data
> > ingestion...since 2014 or thereabouts.
> >
> > https://engineering.linkedin.com/data-ingestion/gobblin-big-data-ease
> >
> > https://gobblin.readthedocs.io/en/stable/
> >
> > I have no smokin' gun, but I suspect the term migrated from technical
> > use on big data platforms. "Companies powered by Gobblin":
> >
> > https://gobblin.readthedocs.io/en/stable/Powered-By/
> >
> > On 12/6/22 12:07, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> > > I relate "goblin mode" to the transformation of "slob" from a noun to a
> > > verb. Both represent an attempt to escape being a slob as a permanent
> > > identity, and change it into a temporary condition: "slobbing", "goblin
> > > mode", etc.
> > > DanG
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2022 at 12:20 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Apparently, just me:
> > >> "It's mindlessly binge-watching television without worrying about the
> > time.
> > >> It's eating snacks in bed without a care about leftover crumbs. And
> it's
> > >> wearing the same pair of pajamas all week while working from home.
> > Welcome
> > >> to "goblin mode." The slang term is defined as a "type of behavior
> > which is
> > >> unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically
> > in a
> > >> way that rejects social norms or expectations." This year, Oxford
> > >> Languages, the creator of the Oxford English Dictionary, titled
> "goblin
> > >> mode" as the 2022 Word of the Year, meaning it best reflected the
> ethos
> > and
> > >> mood of the past 12 months.
> > >>
> > >>
> https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140696560/oxford-word-2022-goblin-mode
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >> a
> > >>
> > >> Andy Bach,
> > >> afbach at gmail.com
> > >> 608 658-1890 cell
> > >> 608 261-5738 wk
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