Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2013
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Onesie. All those “ie” words…
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Actually, as in when JohnKey and Simon Bridges are questioned about anything, they bust this one out before an unsubstantiated statement.
For full effect, must pronounce slowly ...Ektchulleee
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Twerk/Twerking *shudders*
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Nimby - in regard to the Auckland Unitary Plan. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10843323
I know it started last year, but this year it took another level with the local body elections.
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Stephen R, in reply to
Someone wasn't reading the first page of comments...
+1 for Metadata though.
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Half-asset sales.
(e.g. Meridian: if any humour were intended, it'd be a complete farce, but as it is it's just half-farced.) -
Myles Thomas, in reply to
Oh I see. Well I think it's probably become a word and though horrible, is short hand for part of society that's sometimes denied. Anyway, I withdraw and offer my second choice...
Totes - far more innocuous
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Chorused... to have regulated privately-owned monopolies intending to charge citizens more for services provided.
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Graeme Edgeler, in reply to
Snowdenning – the act of whistleblowing.
Google literally has one result for this form of the word. Probably not WotW :-)
edit: oh wait, that was just a typo. Still don't think it's word of the year, but qualifies for nomination.
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linger, in reply to
(which would be ... chorus-gating?)
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I think I called “meta” quite some time ago (in a comments thread, I think) for word of the year nomination (may have been on the twitter), but I'll re-up it now, as it hasn't gone yet.
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Herbie... the America's Cup technology that never apparently existed.
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Novopay.
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Fract - the oil and gas companies' version of the word "fact".
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Choke
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Cumberbitch.
With video accompaniment.
PS, I'm one. :-)
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Anadarko
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Crapnuts (not my word, it's my expression of frustration) - I'd started to type my reply when there were no comments here, I'd have been the first...
Metadata, Snowden and Prism were my suggestions.
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I'm rather fond of "selfie" because it is never, ever going to stop making me giggle like a dirty-minded infant.
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Sacha, in reply to
Novopain :)
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John Minto recently coined the word titford.http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2013/11/27/call-it-what-it-is-doing-a-titford/
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because [reason]
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Foiling
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BenWilson, in reply to
Royals
> the R-word will not be considered for the vote. We won’t be giving those nasty young men any fame at all.
It took me 10 minutes to realize you weren't ragging on the Princes of the Realm. Good call.
"Legalize"
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Toby,
Incorporating "metadata" &c:
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