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Last Year's Himbos Are Responsible For Today's Goblins

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Daniel Lavery
Apr 04, 2022
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Everyone was understandably cross at the Guardian’s attempt to explain “goblin mode” last month, not least because it’s very difficult to meaningfully describe something as broad and shallow as “a phrase that suddenly catches on among Twitter users after an extended incubation phase,” especially when many of those users might be deploying the figure of …

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