Hard News: Public Address Word of the Year 2015
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'Detainee', their problem, our problem.... close to home.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Mansplain
What does that mean?
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"slaughter"………100 years ago,4 weeks ago,one week ago……..stupid misguided young men looking for adventure/glory,what a waste.
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"Daesh" because they hate it.
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'Beltway' - no idea what it means in NZ, but hearing it used quite a lot by politicians and journalists.
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BenWilson, in reply to
It’s cool because it’s autological.
ETA: Aside: Bend your mind trying to decide if "autological" is autological. Then bend it some more trying to decide if its opposite "Heterological" is heterological.
Second: On this blog there is a quaxer who quaxes for all those who don't quax for themselves. Brown's Paradox: Who quaxes for that quaxer?
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Hebe,
"Christmas Island" because the cheerful name is part of the awfulness of an offshore prison camp for people who have the temerity to seek refuge..
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Hebe, in reply to
hey it has even gone international, though the dolt who inspired it remains far too close to Auckland for anyone’s good.
I know its origins and meaning, but not many in Christchurch apart from PASers and Twitterati would know. Maybe we need regional WOTYs.
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Joe Wylie, in reply to
Mansplain
What does that mean?
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BenWilson, in reply to
LOL, what’s the word for autological, except it’s a whole book?
ETA: I was only hoping to get a whole blog post out of that one.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Maybe we need regional WOTYs.
But surely Dick Quax jokes are universal?
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David Hood, in reply to
My mum, in Dunedin with an interest in public transport, makes a point of using the term quaxing as much as possible, and she has no connection to PAS or Twitter.
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Sacha, in reply to
Who quaxes for that quaxer?
if a tree falls in a forest (served only by roads)
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My pick is disrupt and all its variants. Couldn't get away from it this year!
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Swan,
Dead cat?
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Hebe, in reply to
Really? ODT reporting?
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Lilith __, in reply to
‘Beltway’ – no idea what it means in NZ, but hearing it used quite a lot by politicians and journalists.
Those little loops at the top of your jeans.
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Have we done "disrupt" yet?
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I think I’m going to have to go for twitterati too. Illusory and meaningless yet it was everywhere you looked in NZ in 2015, either being name-checked by the clueless or chucked around like a hand-grenade online, or both at the same time.
2015’s quintessential word for name-calling and pointless squabbling while important issues are left wanting: let’s tie this one around the neck of the year almost gone and deep-six them both.
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Really? No love for CampbellLive?
Given huge support here and throughout NZ I thought it was a good suggestion
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Graeme Edgeler, in reply to
“Daesh” because they hate it.
Evidence?
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JacksonP, in reply to
Really? No love for CampbellLive?
I’d vote for CamPbellLive.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
I’d vote for CambellLive.
Wassup? Staying off the 'p'?
Very wise this time of year...
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"check your privilege"
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