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Writing
By Sharanya Nadar
 'Global Vocabulary'
additions from the
year 2022.

Table 1 Table 2
Hygge Metaverse
Animalizing Gaslighting
Enby Cringe
Ignorabiltiy Subvariant
Goblin Mode Situationship
Table 1
Hygge Meaning of the term
a cozy quality that makes a person feel
content and comfortable.

Use it in a Sentence
‘Holidays are full of hygge for me and my
family.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary.
Animalizing Meaning of the term
The action of animalize, the process of
representing a person or thing as an animal
with respect to appearance.

Use it in a Sentence
‘Six months of solitary living in the jungle
would animalize anyone.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary..
Enby Meaning of the term
A person who has a non-binary gender
identity; non-binary, plus one more sense.

Use it in a Sentence
‘Hi! I’m Jax, I'm enby – nonbinary – I don't
identify as being either male or female.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary..
Ignorability Meaning of the term
The quality of being ignorable; the
tendency to go unnoticed or be
disregarded.

Use it in a Sentence
‘Climate change is turning into a massive
case of ignorability.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary..
 Meaning of the term
Goblin Mode a pattern of actions that are blatantly self-
centered, unambitious, uncouth, or selfish,
usually in a way that defies societal standards
or expectations.

Use it in a Sentence
‘In response to a difficult year, too many of
us have entered "goblin mode."

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary..
Table 2
Metaverse Meaning of the term
a virtual reality space in which users can
interact with a computer-generated
environment and other users.

Use it in a Sentence
'On Sunday, I spent a couple of hours
socializing with friends in the metaverse.’

Site of Reference
Oxford House - Language Courses
Gaslighting Meaning of the term
Manipulating someone psychologically to
make them doubt their own sanity.

Use it in a Sentence
'He gaslighted her into believing she's a
skilled cook.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary
Cringe Meaning of the term
to feel very embarrassed and uncomfortable
about something.

Use it in a Sentence
‘Christopher had cringed at the thought of
making her own family the subject of
publicity.’

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The Insider
Subvariant Meaning of the term
one of two or more distinctive forms or
types of the same variant.

Use it in a Sentence
‘The subvariant differs in several of the
mutations, notably the spike protein.’

Site of Reference
Merriam-Webster
Situationship Meaning of the term
When a relationship can be described as
more than friends but less than a couple.

Use it in a Sentence
‘She was trying to turn her
situationship into something more
serious.’

Site of Reference
Oxford English Dictionary.
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