Feeling lazy about everything? You could be in 'goblin mode'

Goblin mode describes an attitude characterised by staying at home, eating lots of junk food and cutting off connections to the outside world. Photo: AFP

Goblin mode is all about staying at home in old pajamas and subsisting mainly on junk food. A remnant of lockdown-era behaviour, goblin mode is in sharp contrast to the trend of beauty and fashion influencers offering up tips for getting your going-out look up to date.

But goblin mode is storming social networks, such as TikTok, where the hashtag GoblinMode totals over 1.1 million views. Could your day be summed up as a series of round trips between your bed and the snack drawer?