
In 2022, the internet gave us two new phrases for the feelings of languishment and anti-ambition that defined our post-pandemic mood. First came quiet quitting, the act of putting in just enough effort at work to not get fired; then, in December, after an overwhelming public vote, Oxford Dictionaries declared its Word of the Year goblin mode, or behavior that is “unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy.” In the year since, quiet quitting and goblin mode have given way to a whole vocabulary of laziness, complete with new phrases and microtrends that seem to capture nearly every degree of throwing in the towel. At the link in bio, @mia.market provides a brief list of terms for leaning into your most unambitious self.
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