The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Who said it?
“There’s a hierarchy of the family, you know, there’s leaking, but there’s also planting of stories. It’s a dirty game” - The Duke of Sussex, in a trailer for an upcoming sixpart Netflix docuseries about Harry and Meghan.
“It’s nice to have the win but I don’t think tomorrow will feel great. It was a long five days,” - bowler James Anderson, talking to Sky Sports, after England clinched a win in the first Test against Pakistan at Rawalpindi.
“Given the year we’ve just experienced, ‘goblin mode’ resonates with all of us who are feeling a little overwhelmed at this point. It’s a relief to acknowledge that we’re not always the idealised, curated selves that we’re encouraged to present on our Instagram and TikTok feeds”
- Casper Grathwohl, president of Oxford Languages, as the public chose ‘goblin mode’
as the 2022 Oxford Word of the Year. ‘Goblin mode’ is 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”.
“Your Kanye, he tried to move to Kazakhstan and even changed his name to Kazakhstanye West. But we said: No, he too antisemitic, even for us” - Sacha Baron Cohen, in his Borat character, takes aim at Kanye West at the Kennedy Centre Honours in the US.
“I fell asleep hugging a bottle of water while holding the piece of tooth, which in my drunken logic meant it would grow back. I woke up stark naked and looked out of the window to see three young girls in the hotel opposite laughing at me” - Succession actor Brian Cox on his first proper holiday aged 17 in Spain.