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xaiel420 t1_izblz2s wrote

Petition for "Average Nebraskan" to be added

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WellNowWhat6245 t1_izbo1qn wrote

How am I on reddit 99% of my day and never once heard this phrase?

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Sunshinehaiku t1_izbobgi wrote

I've heard this term applied to cats running around the house really fast.

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[deleted] t1_izbpn18 wrote

Ooh that's a first. I've never even heard this "word"

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CobaltSpellsword t1_izbroxz wrote

I'm just glad "Metaverse" lost, they can make all the dead memes word of the year they want.

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-domi- t1_izbuxcv wrote

When ur mum sees a group of paying customers, she enters her gobblin mode.

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prisoner_007 t1_izbw27h wrote

Um… “goblin mode” is two words…

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BrickmanBrown t1_izcquc0 wrote

So now Oxford can't fucking count anymore?

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The-Purple-Mew t1_izdkqpl wrote

The only time I’ve ever heard this word was for a meme about people reacting in fear towards someone who asks what it means

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WimbleWimble t1_izepzic wrote

100% pulled from their asses. didn't exist until they invented it.

basically its designed to "get people angry" and therefore give publicity to a dying book company whose sales are down over 95%.

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Millenniauld t1_izew9wc wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#882,536)

But they aren't fixed like math. Languages are ever evolving and adding words.

That's why we have etymology.

That's why 2+2 will always make 4, but the common word you use for those things in your head you see with are called eyeballs only (relatively) recently thanks to a guy named William Shakespeare.

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Taskmaster23 t1_izi24q4 wrote

"I loved the part where he said 'IT'S GOBBIN TIME' and gobbed all over the place"

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chickbarnard t1_izi9v3z wrote

Sounds like this was voted by Internet pranksters because nobody says this. And it's easier just to say ya f*cking 'Lazy' not in goblin mode.

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