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112年
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第 42 題
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2022 was the year of “goblin mode.” In 2022, the guardrails came off. People went raw, unfiltered and real, ditching highly curated aesthetics like “cottage-core” for something more messy and primal. The slang term describes “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations,” according to Oxford Languages. Linguist Ben Zimmer said, “It may seem a bit frivolous, but I really think ‘goblin mode’ speaks to the times and the zeitgeist — and it’s certainly a 2022 expression.” The word of the year is drawn from data analysis of Oxford’s vast language corpus — large bodies of tagged, electronic text — that are regularly updated with new English words drawn from all around the world. Oxford’s lexicologists study the compilation to analyze trends and pull a list of data-driven candidates for the word. This year, “goblin mode” was up against two other words with heavy associations with online life, runners-up “metaverse” and the hashtag “#IStandWith.” In the end, “goblin mode” ran away with 93 percent of the more than 340,000 votes. It proved unstoppable after receiving a helpful nudge from various online communities; PC Gamer even implored readers to “put aside our petty differences and vote for ‘goblin mode’ over ‘metaverse’ as the Oxford Word of the Year.” “Goblin mode” resonated with those feeling “a little overwhelmed at this point,” Oxford Languages president Casper Grathwohl said in a statement announcing the word of the year. “People are embracing their inner goblin, and voters choosing ‘goblin mode’ as the Word of the Year tells us the concept is likely here to stay,” Grathwohl said. The inclusion of a word that captures the trend of rejecting norms and performative style was especially pertinent in a year that had no shortage of change when it came to the global climate, international politics or bodily rights, Oxford’s experts said. The whole point of the word of the year, they said, is to reflect “the ethos, mood, or preoccupations” of the past 12 months. Other changes emerged in the way many people resumed pre-pandemic routines — such as returning to the office — but not in quite the same way as they had before. Katherine Martin, product director at Oxford Languages who works on the New Words team, said during last month’s launch that Oxford’s team was inspired to rethink its word of the year selection and put it up to a public vote for the first time. “After a year like this, with so much change, it felt wrong to keep the same old approach to our word of the year,” Martin said. “Goblin mode,” meanwhile, didn’t come out of nowhere; it appeared on Twitter at least as early as 2009, according to Zimmer. “Goblin mode” has a precursor in “beast mode,” a reference to the ’90s-era “Beast Wars: Transformers” cartoon where the robots could shift into “beast mode.” Interest in “goblin mode” spiked in February when a viral tweet featured the word in a fake headline (purportedly written to show how easy it is to spread fake news online) about the short-lived romance between actor Julia Fox and the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. “Julia Fox opened up about her ‘difficult’ relationship with Kanye West ‘He didn’t like when I went goblin mode,’” the doctored headline read. (Fox clarified on her Instagram at the time, “Just for the record. I have never used the term ‘goblin mode.’”) Zimmer said after the viral tweet, people, at least on social media, latched onto the word. “Of course that is not always a reflection of the way that language is used elsewhere, but these days it’s often a very good barometer,” he said. Words of the year selected by other dictionaries showed what else people were searching for when not in goblin mode. Merriam-Webster crowned “gaslighting”— “The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage” — as its word of the year, while Collins Dictionary chose “permacrisis,” defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity,” a word that “sums up quite succinctly just how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people.”
2022 was the year of “goblin mode.” In 2022, the guardrails came off. People went raw, unfiltered and real, ditching highly curated aesthetics like “cottage-core” for something more messy and primal. The slang term describes “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations,” according to Oxford Languages. Linguist Ben Zimmer said, “It may seem a bit frivolous, but I really think ‘goblin mode’ speaks to the times and the zeitgeist — and it’s certainly a 2022 expression.” The word of the year is drawn from data analysis of Oxford’s vast language corpus — large bodies of tagged, electronic text — that are regularly updated with new English words drawn from all around the world. Oxford’s lexicologists study the compilation to analyze trends and pull a list of data-driven candidates for the word. This year, “goblin mode” was up against two other words with heavy associations with online life, runners-up “metaverse” and the hashtag “#IStandWith.” In the end, “goblin mode” ran away with 93 percent of the more than 340,000 votes. It proved unstoppable after receiving a helpful nudge from various online communities; PC Gamer even implored readers to “put aside our petty differences and vote for ‘goblin mode’ over ‘metaverse’ as the Oxford Word of the Year.” “Goblin mode” resonated with those feeling “a little overwhelmed at this point,” Oxford Languages president Casper Grathwohl said in a statement announcing the word of the year. “People are embracing their inner goblin, and voters choosing ‘goblin mode’ as the Word of the Year tells us the concept is likely here to stay,” Grathwohl said. The inclusion of a word that captures the trend of rejecting norms and performative style was especially pertinent in a year that had no shortage of change when it came to the global climate, international politics or bodily rights, Oxford’s experts said. The whole point of the word of the year, they said, is to reflect “the ethos, mood, or preoccupations” of the past 12 months. Other changes emerged in the way many people resumed pre-pandemic routines — such as returning to the office — but not in quite the same way as they had before. Katherine Martin, product director at Oxford Languages who works on the New Words team, said during last month’s launch that Oxford’s team was inspired to rethink its word of the year selection and put it up to a public vote for the first time. “After a year like this, with so much change, it felt wrong to keep the same old approach to our word of the year,” Martin said. “Goblin mode,” meanwhile, didn’t come out of nowhere; it appeared on Twitter at least as early as 2009, according to Zimmer. “Goblin mode” has a precursor in “beast mode,” a reference to the ’90s-era “Beast Wars: Transformers” cartoon where the robots could shift into “beast mode.” Interest in “goblin mode” spiked in February when a viral tweet featured the word in a fake headline (purportedly written to show how easy it is to spread fake news online) about the short-lived romance between actor Julia Fox and the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. “Julia Fox opened up about her ‘difficult’ relationship with Kanye West ‘He didn’t like when I went goblin mode,’” the doctored headline read. (Fox clarified on her Instagram at the time, “Just for the record. I have never used the term ‘goblin mode.’”) Zimmer said after the viral tweet, people, at least on social media, latched onto the word. “Of course that is not always a reflection of the way that language is used elsewhere, but these days it’s often a very good barometer,” he said. Words of the year selected by other dictionaries showed what else people were searching for when not in goblin mode. Merriam-Webster crowned “gaslighting”— “The act or practice of grossly misleading someone especially for one’s own advantage” — as its word of the year, while Collins Dictionary chose “permacrisis,” defined as “an extended period of instability and insecurity,” a word that “sums up quite succinctly just how truly awful 2022 has been for so many people.”
According to the passage, which statement is NOT true?
- A The Oxford word of the year 2022 is “goblin mode.”
- B “Gaslighting” was the 2022 Oxford word of the year.
- C “Goblin mode” won with 93% of the votes.
- D Online communities helped “Goblin mode” in winning the most votes.
思路引導 VIP
請仔細掃描文章的最後一個段落，看看除了牛津（Oxford）之外，文中還提到了哪些不同的字典機構？這些機構分別為 2022 年冠上了什麼樣的代表字呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你答對了！這代表你對於長篇文章中的資訊擷取與細節比對非常敏銳。這道題目的核心在於「資訊歸類與精確定位」，也就是區分不同字典機構所選出的年度代表字。雖然文章多次提及 2022 年的各種流行語，但選項 (B) 顯然是一個誤導陷阱。
字典與年度字的對應關係
文章最後一段明確指出，Merriam-Webster（墨林—韋伯斯特字典）將「gaslighting」選為年度字，而 Collins Dictionary（柯林斯英語詞典）則選擇了「permacrisis」。至於「goblin mode」，則是本文的主角，也是 Oxford（牛津大學出版社）透過數據分析與公眾投票選出的贏家。因此，選項 (B) 將墨林—韋伯斯特的選擇誤植給了牛津，與原文事實不符，這正是我們要找的錯誤敘述。
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