Hard News: Public Address Word of the Year 2015
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I think "vexillology" has something going for it, as a new word we've all discovered and debated in recent months in New Zealand. Alternatively, "Red Peak" as a breakout.
If we're going international, "massacre" seems sadly to be all too common these days.
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Toby,
Guts.
The PM urged Andrew Little to get some re the troops to Iraq, and Little & co later questioned whether the PM had any re the 501s.
(David Seymour and Marama Fox both boasted of their own political balls, which is similar thematically but different anatomically.) -
Since two words have been allowed in the past, I nominate "detention centre".
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'Refugee' seems right.
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Ponytail. As a stand-in for all the “oblivious” nasty sexist bullshit this year, all the way from Ponytailgate through the Roastbusters reviews to “supporting the rapists".
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i am guessing "Median Auckland house price" is too long? shame... seems to have been something of a national fixation this year...
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Serco-cision. The result of insufficient serco-spection when deciding to contract out government services in the hope of cutting both costs and direct accountability.
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(Unkind cuts all round.)
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unfortunately it has been a year of
Trumps
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Ponytail PullersOn a positive note it has seen the rise of "Red Peak" and the failure to rise of "Scout"
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quaxing - the act of going shopping on a bike or by public transport. Etymology here.
Closely followed by hosking.
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Cyclepath: the prevailing attitude of Auckland motorists toward cyclists. (See also hosking above: encouraging cyclepathic tendencies.)
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swifty . .... (as in 'pull a .....' + reference to a quite popular pop star)
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Has twitterati ever appeared?
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'Consent' - a word that has been the subject of much discussion this year in various contexts, but a quality which still seems to be painfully lacking in too many circles.
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Twitterati.
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"Peak", as in both "Red" and "Cray".
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Kebabette, in reply to
Oh snap!
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501
Last time that was in the running to be word of the year must have been 1992
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Islamic State - wherever that may be. But you can be sure they're bad news - or is that good news for the media?
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Terrorist ... applies to all local and international news .. no matter what's going on somehow its all about the terrorists
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podcastrati made an appearance here earlier this year. Like twitterati, but higher profile, volume ... and pitch.
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Pencilsword
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CMcQ,
America is currently being 'Trumped'.
TV3 news has been totally 'Weldoned'
NZ is being 'referendumb-ed' against most of our will. -
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'Lumpentrump'
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So many good ones this year. "pretty legal" or the twitterati favourite "pffffssssttt" or the PM's 2nd favourite word 'Akshully"
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