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Detailed explanation-1: -Homer, an informal American English word for a home run in baseball, is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2022, thanks to Wordle. The Cambridge Dictionary has revealed its word of the year for 2022 as ‘homer’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Cambridge Dictionary also saw other five-letter words surging in search in 2022 due to the “Wordle effect". The American spelling of “humor” caused the second-highest spike in 2022, followed by ‘’caulk”, ‘’tacit, and ‘’bayou”, the third, fourth and fifth place respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -’Goblin mode’ – a slang term, often used in the expressions ‘in goblin mode’ or ‘to go goblin mode’ – is ‘a type of behaviour which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations. ‘

Detailed explanation-4: -The winner: “goblin mode.” The term is defined as “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 a statement from Oxford Languages.

Detailed explanation-5: -Perseverance was chosen as Word of the Year not only because of the high volume of searches. This word captures the undaunted will of people across the world to never give up, despite the many challenges of 2021.