Hard News: Public Address Word of the Year 2021: Discussion and nomination
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freedumb!
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Vaxxed!
With that spelling. And I chose it over "double-vaxxed" because... less is more.
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Lockdown
It's boring but inescapable (both as a WOTY candidate and as a lived experience).
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Delta
"It was first detected in India in late 2020. The Delta variant was named on 31 May 2021" And it's been part of our (in Aotearoa & globally) daily discussion for a big part of this year.
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Omikron. Different spelling to the variant because it’s the video game with David Bowie and his music in it. Apparently it’s not very good but it’s gotta be better than COVID.
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NFT
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Vaccine Certificate
Freedom
Mandate
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'Circle jerking mendicants' in reference to the TPU and associated hangers-on.
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Cluxon
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Contactless
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Metaverse
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Vax
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Lockdown
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Mahi (as in, "Aucklanders have been doing the mahi on behalf of New Zealand").
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Lindsay, I've removed your fourth suggestion - read the rules above. You're also supposed to make each nomination in a separate comment, but I guess I can let you off with that.
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Covidiot
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Traffic Light
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Numpties.
I know I should feel more inclusive but man, this really has been the year where every village idiot discovered their inner megaphone.
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JR,
Variant
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Mask
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Mandates
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JR,
Booster
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Antivaxx
Vaxxed
Freedumb
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JR,
Jab
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Kindness
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