{"id":28280,"date":"2023-02-09T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-09T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/?p=28280"},"modified":"2023-02-08T14:26:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T21:26:07","slug":"dating-wotd-goblin-timacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/dating-wotd-goblin-timacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dating WOTD: Goblin-timacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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You’ve heard of ghosting<\/a>. And pocketing<\/a>. Of winter coating<\/a>. Of vabbing<\/a>, and roaching.<\/a> Now here’s a new word for your single life vernacular: goblin-timacy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say what now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Via Glamour:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goblin Mode was named Oxford English Dictionary’s \u2018Word of the Year\u2019 for 2022 \u2013 as voted by 93% the public (340,000 Brits participated in the vote). According to the OED, it’s defined as: “a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>

So how does this come into your love life? Well, it turns out the goblin-timacy trend heralds a fresh leaning towards\u00a0authenticity<\/a>\u00a0in dating \u2013 rather than transforming the way you look or act for a first date, for instance. The trend was forecast by dating app Badoo, after research findings that over three quarters (76%) of singles reported they felt more comfortable dating on their own terms outside of societal expectation.\u00a0<\/p>

What’s more, four in five (82%) said they considered it a greater priority to show their \u2018true selves\u2019 on dates, rather than put on an act to impress a prospective partner. Enter: the version of you that wouldn’t, before now, have turned up on a date \u2013 because of preconceptions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now, while we’ll ALWAYS recommend putting on something clean, brushing your teeth, showering and TRYING<\/em> on a date, we do agree that being your self is key. And if being yourself means being “self-indulgent and lazy,” then hey – I guess you do you<\/strong><\/em>…. though we can’t say you’re gonna get laid!<\/p>\n\n

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You’ve heard of ghosting. And pocketing. Of winter coating. Of vabbing, and roaching. Now here’s a new word for your single life vernacular: goblin-timacy. Say what now? Via Glamour: Goblin Mode was named Oxford English Dictionary’s \u2018Word of the Year\u2019 for 2022 \u2013 as voted by 93% the public (340,000 Brits participated in the vote). […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dating-and-sex","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28282,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28280\/revisions\/28282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onlinebootycall.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}