Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Public Address Word of the Year 2015 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353825#post353825 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353825#post353825 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/dec/16/socialism-most-looked-up-word-2015-merriam-webster-bernie-sanders ]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2015 09:26:43 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353758#post353758 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353758#post353758 over here. ]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:30:12 +1300 AceMcWicked https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353752#post353752 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353752#post353752 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 13:59:06 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353726#post353726 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353726#post353726 Wed, 16 Dec 2015 09:57:25 +1300 Rebecca Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353714#post353714 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353714#post353714 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 22:11:33 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353704#post353704 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353704#post353704 Merry Xmas :)
.........red wine.......

]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 21:05:35 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353702#post353702 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353702#post353702 Tue, 15 Dec 2015 20:46:01 +1300 Chris Lipscombe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353536#post353536 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353536#post353536 Whether as a response to international terrorism, a cosy tête-à-tête with our security-minded cousins abroad, or an increased sensitivity to perceived transgressions at home, the word of the year for me is 'surveillance'.

Red Peak and Paris also resonate.

]]> Mon, 14 Dec 2015 08:12:29 +1300 Steve Withers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353496#post353496 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353496#post353496 Sun, 13 Dec 2015 13:29:52 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353492#post353492 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353492#post353492 After the climate change agreement last night cheered my heart and soul, I'm returning to Paris as WOTY.
Charlie Hebdo: January. Paris
November terror: Paris
COP: Paris

]]> Sun, 13 Dec 2015 13:06:52 +1300 Tamara https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353481#post353481 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353481#post353481 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 22:00:27 +1300 Myles Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353479#post353479 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353479#post353479 'Disruption' also 'disruptive' re changes to media and steadily being applied to everything and everyone.

Has anyone already put this in?

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 21:00:57 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353478#post353478 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353478#post353478 “Auckland housing bubble”
“[Redacted]”
"Red Peak"

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 20:18:15 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353474#post353474 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353474#post353474 fufuxache

I find I have ready receptors for this…

Yes. Fufuxache.

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 16:07:21 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353472#post353472 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353472#post353472 How about "Refute"
As in "LA LA LA LA, I AM IGNORING YOU".

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:23:11 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353470#post353470 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353470#post353470 Text plain ffs.

fufuxache! ;)

]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 14:20:44 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353468#post353468 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353468#post353468 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:51:01 +1300 Angela Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353466#post353466 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353466#post353466 OIA for me with Campbell Live or similar second ]]> Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:41:32 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353464#post353464 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353464#post353464 Sat, 12 Dec 2015 11:22:08 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353445#post353445 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353445#post353445 We really do need a like button – even if it is only there just for Ian’s posts.

Autolike.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:58:44 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353444#post353444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353444#post353444 the scales fall from my eyes aieee aie fffurrffffugs ssskk….

Something I rarely speak but often type and read: FFS.
[See also WTF and WTAF. Somehow typing those caps gets out the frustration.]

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 22:51:29 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353439#post353439 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353439#post353439 I'm going to suggest
islamophobia

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:47:46 +1300 Simon Lyall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353438#post353438 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353438#post353438 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:41:57 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353437#post353437 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353437#post353437 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:41:55 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353436#post353436 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353436#post353436 fufuxache

I have to agree with Ian. While the spelling is a bit fresh to perhaps qualify as an actual "word of the year", it's a tried and true phrase I have deployed way too often this year.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:39:11 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353434#post353434 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353434#post353434 fufuxache
I find I have ready receptors for this...
How could a word this perfect have been hidden from us for so long – like some newly discovered ancient South American city redolent with eldritch dread thrust up from the miasmic stench of the unspeakable Elders inhumanity...
...the scales fall…

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 21:27:07 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353430#post353430 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353430#post353430 "As a victim of sexual violence......"

"Leave the chamber"

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 20:53:48 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353427#post353427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353427#post353427 Really? No love for CampbellLive?

Given huge support here and throughout NZ I thought it was a good suggestion

It is, but were still only at the suggesting stage, not the voting stage.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:54:57 +1300 Alex McKegg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353426#post353426 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353426#post353426 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:52:43 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353424#post353424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353424#post353424 Disappointingly, Lorde did not then go on to record a hit single caled ‘Berm’.

There's still time.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:42:02 +1300 Julie Macdonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353422#post353422 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353422#post353422 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 19:09:44 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353419#post353419 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353419#post353419 I would also like to propose a word I have heard so often this year, a word you probally all hear when spending time in cafes as people read their "Newspapers",
when we hear what our esteemed "Elders" are doing for us.....
fufuxache

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:01:31 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353416#post353416 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353416#post353416 It reminds us of our national sport in a parallel universe: farnarkling.

Like
;-)

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:41:01 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353415#post353415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353415#post353415 Red Pique
Blaming everything on Labour....
:-)

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 17:34:56 +1300 JLM https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353405#post353405 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353405#post353405 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:06:24 +1300 Danyl Mclauchlan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353396#post353396 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353396#post353396 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:53:16 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353394#post353394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353394#post353394 I want a word that means why do we have to keep fighting for the same things over and over again. Latest issue. Radio NZ cutting staff including one of my favourite programmes, the gentle and intelligent, Nights. We had a big public meeting to save RNZ a few years… ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 14:12:50 +1300 Jane Stafford https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353393#post353393 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353393#post353393 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:45:56 +1300 Morgan Nichol https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353392#post353392 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353392#post353392 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:18:32 +1300 Morgan Nichol https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353391#post353391 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353391#post353391 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:08:54 +1300 mike gemmell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353390#post353390 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353390#post353390 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:08:02 +1300 Morgan Nichol https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353389#post353389 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353389#post353389 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:07:14 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353387#post353387 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353387#post353387 To be tediously pedantic here, it is “Word of the year”, not “New word”. So “Flag” has to make the short list, for sheer prominence and repetition.

This much media coverage and general noise hasn’t been generated and wasted since … well, the last reality show on TV.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:41:47 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353385#post353385 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353385#post353385 Presumably a panel of people doing it are "Circle Hosking"

I find it hard to reconcile hosking with anything that more than one person is enjoying at a time, but sure, whatever your psyche and stomach can handle.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:12:37 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353384#post353384 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353384#post353384 Guts and Gutless

In their way loosely related to my pick for quote of the year:

taking care of yourself, physically and emotionally, is seen as girly. Unmasculine. It’s the patriarchy, dude. Men would live longer if they softened the fuck up.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:04:37 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353383#post353383 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353383#post353383 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:56:05 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353382#post353382 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353382#post353382 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:55:15 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353381#post353381 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353381#post353381 Radicalised

My top pick is still "twitterati", but that's a solid second choice.

Closely followed by hosking.

To be honest, I'm not quite convinced by "hosking" as a bike-related verb (veloneologism?).

I'd like to propose two different usages:

1. Antonym of fisking ie. completely uncritical parroting of received opinion, especially…

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:35:53 +1300 wimwam https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353380#post353380 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353380#post353380 Weldoned (verb)

"Wow, did you hear about 3D Investigates? They got completely Weldoned."

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:31:03 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353379#post353379 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353379#post353379 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:22:04 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353378#post353378 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353378#post353378 Reboot

+1 – a concept I am heartily sick of, and it's starting to make me twitch at work (I'm in IT).

Also, rightsize is making me twitch too. Work has been talking outsourcing already, and now the Aussie govt have come right out and said that's their preferred IT…

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:08:47 +1300 richard maclean https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353377#post353377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353377#post353377 Bullshite words of the year:
Soda
Beverage
gotten
'experience' – as in 'we offer a unique coffee experience'

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:07:48 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353376#post353376 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353376#post353376 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 11:03:28 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353375#post353375 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353375#post353375 Joe, he was being facetious.

Me too.

We need one of the ladies here to explain humour

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:48:55 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353374#post353374 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353374#post353374 Joe, he was being facetious.
Me too.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:25:23 +1300 Cecelia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353373#post353373 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353373#post353373 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:21:26 +1300 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353370#post353370 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353370#post353370 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:13:55 +1300 Grant McDougall https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353369#post353369 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353369#post353369 Mansplain

What does that mean?

Here you go.

Joe, he was being facetious.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:12:39 +1300 Moata T https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353368#post353368 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353368#post353368 Reboot
Everything from Star Wars to the X-Files and Twin Peaks this year. And Judith Collins for that matter...

Human Rights
Not catchy, but a lot of what's dominated the news this year has been related to this, unfortunately

Richie
So. Much. Richie.
Too. Much. Richie.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:53:29 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353367#post353367 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353367#post353367 I’d vote for CambellLive

+1

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:46:36 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353366#post353366 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353366#post353366 Associated with the 'twitterati' (a term I loathe, incidentally);

Pile-on

The righteous indignation has become legion.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:43:03 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353364#post353364 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353364#post353364 Very wise this time of year…
;- )

I was going for silent AND invisible.

There, I fixed it for you. :-)

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:25:23 +1300 Vivid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353361#post353361 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353361#post353361 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:08:23 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353360#post353360 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353360#post353360 I’d vote for CambellLive.
Wassup? Staying off the 'p'?
Very wise this time of year...
;- )

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:07:13 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353359#post353359 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353359#post353359 Really? No love for CampbellLive?

I’d vote for CamPbellLive.

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:48:20 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353358#post353358 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353358#post353358 HeForShe. ]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:46:50 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353357#post353357 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353357#post353357 “Daesh” because they hate it.

Evidence?

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:42:29 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353354#post353354 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353354#post353354 Really? No love for CampbellLive?

Given huge support here and throughout NZ I thought it was a good suggestion

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 08:19:07 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353352#post353352 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353352#post353352 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…

]]> Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:47:15 +1300 Thea Myers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353351#post353351 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353351#post353351 Fri, 11 Dec 2015 07:36:58 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353347#post353347 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353347#post353347 ‘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.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 23:53:54 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353345#post353345 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353345#post353345 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 22:34:21 +1300 Swan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353343#post353343 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353343#post353343 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 21:59:42 +1300 Tamara https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353342#post353342 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353342#post353342 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 20:38:13 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353340#post353340 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353340#post353340 Who quaxes for that quaxer?

if a tree falls in a forest (served only by roads)

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 19:57:55 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353339#post353339 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353339#post353339 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:46:08 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353337#post353337 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353337#post353337 Maybe we need regional WOTYs.

But surely Dick Quax jokes are universal?

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:40:42 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353336#post353336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353336#post353336 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.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:38:49 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353335#post353335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353335#post353335 Mansplain

What does that mean?
Here you go.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:26:33 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353334#post353334 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353334#post353334 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.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:25:09 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353333#post353333 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353333#post353333 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:21:45 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353330#post353330 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353330#post353330 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…

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:46:17 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353326#post353326 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353326#post353326 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:28:44 +1300 Brett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353325#post353325 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353325#post353325 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:16:57 +1300 Chrys Berryman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353324#post353324 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353324#post353324 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 17:00:39 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353323#post353323 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353323#post353323 Mansplain

What does that mean?

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:56:03 +1300 Downbeatdan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353322#post353322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353322#post353322 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:47:04 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353321#post353321 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353321#post353321 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:42:56 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353319#post353319 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353319#post353319 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:32:55 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353318#post353318 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353318#post353318 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:32:53 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353314#post353314 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353314#post353314 Breathless children. From the Groser.

Because it was meant to annoy and it did, sums up the attitude of the current administration to critique.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:12:23 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353311#post353311 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353311#post353311 Dominant ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:51:57 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353310#post353310 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353310#post353310 I like quaxing, but it’s regional

Cantabrians can go quaxing if they want to. It's probably even more popular there, being a flat city.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:48:46 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353308#post353308 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353308#post353308 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:45:13 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353307#post353307 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353307#post353307 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:44:29 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353306#post353306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353306#post353306 Edgelered is worth a nod

wasn't that last year? :)

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:43:55 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353304#post353304 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353304#post353304 fleg ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:42:05 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353303#post353303 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353303#post353303 I like quaxing, but it's regional.

hey it has even gone international, though the dolt who inspired it remains far too close to Auckland for anyone's good.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:41:40 +1300 Vivid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353301#post353301 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353301#post353301 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:16:36 +1300 Katita https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353300#post353300 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353300#post353300 A couple of words I've heard enough of ...

'perjury'

'match-fixing'

And something we now don't have enough of ... 'advocacy journalism'

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:09:15 +1300 Don Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353299#post353299 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353299#post353299 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:03:41 +1300 James Littlewood* https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353298#post353298 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353298#post353298 Christchurch has equally good area-specific words

Do tell.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:53:15 +1300 Martin Hermans https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353297#post353297 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353297#post353297 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:49:03 +1300 jimfu https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353296#post353296 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353296#post353296 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:37:12 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353294#post353294 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353294#post353294 Edgelered is worth a nod, too! ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:25:22 +1300 Peter Darlington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353293#post353293 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353293#post353293 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:24:16 +1300 Wichid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353291#post353291 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353291#post353291 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:16:34 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353290#post353290 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353290#post353290 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:12:04 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353289#post353289 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353289#post353289 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:09:38 +1300 lynne walker https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353287#post353287 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353287#post353287 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:50:32 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353286#post353286 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353286#post353286 Tantalizing

Coq

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:50:17 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353285#post353285 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353285#post353285 CampbellLive

I was tending towards Linger’s Flagging, but I think I prefer the message this sends.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:49:56 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353284#post353284 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353284#post353284 I'd love for CampbellLive to be WotY

just because

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:45:16 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353283#post353283 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353283#post353283 Refugee will almost certainly get my vote.

I really wish the Nelson Street Cycle Path had a great name but to be fair it’s just an Auckland thing.

Another Auckland thing was the Pohutukawa 6

Because I’m a scientist I’d suggest Genome editing, but I suspect it’s probably a year…

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:45:00 +1300 James Littlewood* https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353282#post353282 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353282#post353282 I know we're not voting yet. But I'm with Jolissa: Quaxing. It's new. It's positive, and yet – how to put it – moral. It knows the difference between right and wrong. And in the best of Kiwi traditions, it's both pleasantly pejorative and satisfyingly sporty.

It reminds us of…

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:42:18 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353281#post353281 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353281#post353281 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:42:06 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353280#post353280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353280#post353280 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:41:01 +1300 Jack Craw https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353279#post353279 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353279#post353279 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:38:43 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353278#post353278 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353278#post353278 and to flog a dead horse beyond recognition:

Chinese-sounding

As in:

David Seymour : Will the pandas have Chinese-sounding names?

Mr SPEAKER : In so far as there may be some prime ministerial responsibility.

Rt Hon JOHN KEY : Yes, they will be called “Bing Bing”, “Xing Xing”, “Zhing Zhing”

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:31:56 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353277#post353277 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353277#post353277 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:30:09 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353275#post353275 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353275#post353275 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:21:05 +1300 Martin Hermans https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353273#post353273 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353273#post353273 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:14:41 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353271#post353271 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353271#post353271 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:10:11 +1300 Ianmac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353270#post353270 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353270#post353270 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:09:04 +1300 Martin Hermans https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353269#post353269 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353269#post353269 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:08:59 +1300 Tze Ming Mok https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353268#post353268 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353268#post353268 'Density'

As in -panic, and 'Give in to the Dark Side Luke... it is your Density.'

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:03:39 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353267#post353267 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353267#post353267 Paris. For atrocities – started with Charlie Hedbo on January 7 – and for the Paris climate change talks.

Also "je suis".

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 13:02:58 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353266#post353266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353266#post353266 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:53:36 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353265#post353265 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353265#post353265 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:53:03 +1300 Don Reid https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353264#post353264 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353264#post353264 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:52:51 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353263#post353263 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353263#post353263 "pretty legal"

'twas last year.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:50:09 +1300 Stuart Coats https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353262#post353262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353262#post353262 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:48:58 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353261#post353261 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353261#post353261 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:48:37 +1300 jeremy stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353260#post353260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353260#post353260 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:44:40 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353259#post353259 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353259#post353259 Berm gardener

Yeah, I know, two words, but I enjoy saying it and the image it conjures up, it was either that or Berm gardener license

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:44:02 +1300 Lyndon Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353258#post353258 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353258#post353258 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:42:48 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353257#post353257 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353257#post353257 Flagging
as in, Key continues flagging a dead cause, despite flagging interest in ... flagging.

Infernal:
Key's flag preference.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:40:23 +1300 RyanG https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353256#post353256 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353256#post353256 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:33:46 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353255#post353255 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353255#post353255 or

'Lumpentrump'

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:28:29 +1300 CMcQ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353254#post353254 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353254#post353254 America is currently being 'Trumped'.
TV3 news has been totally 'Weldoned'
NZ is being 'referendumb-ed' against most of our will.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:28:20 +1300 Venetia King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353253#post353253 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353253#post353253 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:27:39 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353252#post353252 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353252#post353252 podcastrati made an appearance here earlier this year. Like twitterati, but higher profile, volume ... and pitch. ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:27:22 +1300 Jacob Billings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353251#post353251 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353251#post353251 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:27:14 +1300 kiwifarang https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353250#post353250 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353250#post353250 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:25:53 +1300 Tristan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353248#post353248 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353248#post353248 501

Last time that was in the running to be word of the year must have been 1992

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:23:16 +1300 Kebabette https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353247#post353247 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353247#post353247 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:22:48 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353246#post353246 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353246#post353246 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:22:29 +1300 Kebabette https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353245#post353245 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353245#post353245 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:22:11 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353244#post353244 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353244#post353244 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:21:34 +1300 Marc Eating https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353243#post353243 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353243#post353243 twitterati ever appeared? ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:21:26 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353242#post353242 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353242#post353242 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:19:51 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353241#post353241 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353241#post353241 Cyclepath: the prevailing attitude of Auckland motorists toward cyclists. (See also hosking above: encouraging cyclepathic tendencies.) ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:18:29 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353240#post353240 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353240#post353240 quaxing – the act of going shopping on a bike or by public transport. Etymology here.

Closely followed by hosking.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:18:27 +1300 Daniel Wilton https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353239#post353239 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353239#post353239 unfortunately it has been a year of

Trumps
&
Ponytail Pullers

On a positive note it has seen the rise of "Red Peak" and the failure to rise of "Scout"

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:16:22 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353238#post353238 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353238#post353238 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:16:07 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353236#post353236 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353236#post353236 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. ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:14:17 +1300 R A Hurley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353235#post353235 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353235#post353235 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:13:21 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353233#post353233 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353233#post353233 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". ]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:09:02 +1300 Patrick Tuapola https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353232#post353232 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353232#post353232 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:07:47 +1300 Howard Edwards https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353231#post353231 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353231#post353231 Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:07:30 +1300 Toby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353230#post353230 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353230#post353230 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.)

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:05:28 +1300 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353229#post353229 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353229#post353229 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.

]]> Thu, 10 Dec 2015 12:03:50 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353228#post353228 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-4/?p=353228#post353228 Discussion from blog post.

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