Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Public Address Word of the Year 2019: Korero phase https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382944#post382944 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382944#post382944 Righto – that's it! The korero phase has ended and I'm going to compile the longlist.

Thanks everyone! Stay tuned for voting!

]]> Wed, 11 Dec 2019 08:13:09 +1300 Felix Geiringer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382943#post382943 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382943#post382943 Wed, 11 Dec 2019 07:03:41 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382942#post382942 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382942#post382942 Reeferendum.
About time... and kiwi as.

]]> Tue, 10 Dec 2019 08:24:53 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382941#post382941 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382941#post382941 Smocking gun
The railway station serving my campus in northern Tokyo is surrounded by “No Smorking” signs, because getting anything checked by a native speaker of English just causes unnecessary delay, as eny fule no…

]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 18:29:42 +1300 Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382940#post382940 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382940#post382940 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 16:03:04 +1300 Morgan Nichol https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382939#post382939 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382939#post382939 paw-outty or pa-wotty

puh-whoa-tea

]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:48:17 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382938#post382938 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382938#post382938 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:07:56 +1300 Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382937#post382937 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382937#post382937 I'd like to add PAWOTY as the Public Address Word of the Year because it's the last player picked and it deserves an outing.

Only question – do you pronounce it paw-outty or pa-wotty.

Hmmm.

]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 14:06:40 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382936#post382936 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382936#post382936 You Crane.

Buyback.

]]> Mon, 09 Dec 2019 12:06:32 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382934#post382934 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382934#post382934 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 10:22:20 +1300 william blake https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382933#post382933 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382933#post382933 Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:40:25 +1300 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382929#post382929 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382929#post382929 "The new normal"

Perhaps a little under the radar, but just recently I realised how often I've heard this term this year. Lying as a political strategy, white supremacy, catastrophic climate events (most recently the Aust fires), nationwide protests &c. All the new normal.

]]> Sat, 07 Dec 2019 21:19:42 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382927#post382927 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382927#post382927 I posted probably too many potential WOTY above and think of them all the term Ihumatao resonates most strongly. It no longer only denotes a geographic place, now also representing a movement and a new ideology in New Zealand and Maori public affairs.
This year the actions of the protectors…

]]> Sat, 07 Dec 2019 11:35:03 +1300 Martin Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382926#post382926 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382926#post382926 Sat, 07 Dec 2019 07:55:27 +1300 kiwifarang https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382924#post382924 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382924#post382924 “Precocious” Greta Thunberg
“42 Joints” a day
“Shadow Banning”
“Prince Andrew”

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 20:48:31 +1300 Adrian Humm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382922#post382922 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382922#post382922 Ihumatao

Superover

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:13:21 +1300 Adrian Humm https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382921#post382921 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382921#post382921 OK Boomer.

Global heating.

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 18:12:56 +1300 Katita https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382920#post382920 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382920#post382920 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 17:49:00 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382918#post382918 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382918#post382918 'Virtue signalling' – still prevalent among those with performance and anger issues coupled with an internet connection.
(...and as opposed to 'Verjus signalling' which literally is 'sour grapes'!)

'Impeachment' – obviously derived from the Imp every High Official has on Each shoulder, and the consequences of listening to the wrong…

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:52:00 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382916#post382916 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382916#post382916 14 grams
– Two thirds of a soul (allegedly)...

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:25:01 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382915#post382915 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382915#post382915 “woke” (as an insult) – seconded!
– make that 'thirded' – Hi Doug...
:- )

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:21:50 +1300 Luke Williamson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382914#post382914 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382914#post382914 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 14:28:11 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382912#post382912 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382912#post382912 Robust

part of local govt talk?

]]> Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:42:10 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382911#post382911 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382911#post382911 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:40:24 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382910#post382910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382910#post382910 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:21:12 +1300 Chris Lipscombe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382909#post382909 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382909#post382909 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:38:43 +1300 Andrew C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382908#post382908 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382908#post382908 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:11:08 +1300 Mark Graham https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382907#post382907 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382907#post382907 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:06:40 +1300 Mike Fistonich https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382905#post382905 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382905#post382905 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:35:24 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382904#post382904 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382904#post382904 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:00:33 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382903#post382903 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382903#post382903 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 08:53:51 +1300 Bob Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382899#post382899 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382899#post382899 Fri, 06 Dec 2019 07:09:44 +1300 Conor Roberts https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382898#post382898 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382898#post382898 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 23:03:59 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382897#post382897 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382897#post382897 "Impeachment": because of its potential global impact.

"We utterly reject and condemn you": most powerful local phrase I've heard.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 22:33:04 +1300 Chopper https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382896#post382896 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382896#post382896 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:55:51 +1300 Glenn Pearce https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382895#post382895 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382895#post382895 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 20:50:34 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382890#post382890 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382890#post382890 Peace be with you
Christchurch
Buyback

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 16:44:05 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382888#post382888 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382888#post382888 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11464207 ]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:22:51 +1300 HiDiHi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382886#post382886 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382886#post382886 "decriminalize" (Marijuana) Because we're finally talking about.

"Crisis" (Climate Change) Because we're not talking about it enough.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:17:06 +1300 Euan Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382885#post382885 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382885#post382885 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:01:31 +1300 Nick Russell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382884#post382884 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382884#post382884 Susied (from the verb "to Susie) – to be the subject of an intense and vigorous interview by someone far, far smarter than you.

Celebrates a national icon and is also a refreshing celebration of the importance of the media in a functioning democracy. I'm not in the habit of…

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:29:53 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382882#post382882 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382882#post382882 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:26:05 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382880#post382880 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382880#post382880 Guttered (in place of gutted)
Your (in place of you’re)

Cancel culture (which has already been mentioned, which might cancel any chance I may have had)

Scorcese

weather aberrations

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:14:18 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382877#post382877 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382877#post382877 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:51:07 +1300 Doug Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382876#post382876 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382876#post382876 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:33:08 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382873#post382873 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382873#post382873 Protect
The term that changed the nature of Maori land protest from claiming back or asking for ownership of land to taking a stand to protect land that you already have a stake in, whether or not you officially own it. Subsequently used by Owairaka protestors to claim to protect…

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:30:08 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382872#post382872 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382872#post382872 Christchurch Call

Wellbeing

Jacinda

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 12:02:19 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382871#post382871 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382871#post382871 "Buyback"

Several options related to the gun laws, but this is probably the headline choice. A news staple for half the year.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:53:00 +1300 Murray Hewitt https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382870#post382870 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382870#post382870 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:52:34 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382869#post382869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382869#post382869 SLUSHIES

(shouting, of course)

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:49:36 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382868#post382868 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382868#post382868 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:45:03 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382867#post382867 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382867#post382867 "Well-being"

Although a well-established word, in 2019 its use and definition became central to political debate.

(and I'll just add my annual grump, to say that it's not "neologism of the year", it's about words being used, not just invented, especially as they often fade fast).

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:41:12 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382866#post382866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382866#post382866 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:37:22 +1300 Carol Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382865#post382865 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382865#post382865 "Climate emergency" because we need to hear it more.
"OK boomer" – an instaclassic.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:25:44 +1300 Joshua Arbury https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382864#post382864 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382864#post382864 Ah... beaten by KathrynB and Simon Armstrong, but I definitely think it should be:

As-salāmu ʿalaykum

The response from the Muslim community to the terrible events of March 15 was humbling and meant such a horrible act actually brought us together as a country much more than dividing us -…

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:14:30 +1300 Simon Armstrong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382863#post382863 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382863#post382863 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 11:00:21 +1300 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382862#post382862 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382862#post382862 Data Breach – been hearing about these all year.
Treasury "Hack" – a fine example

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:48:32 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382860#post382860 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382860#post382860 Jonesing
Especially relevant this year in relation to Shane "I'd love to have 3 billion dollars to give away" Jones

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:31:11 +1300 WaterDragon https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382859#post382859 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382859#post382859 1. understand (as in "we want to")
2. conversation (as in"we need to have a", so that we can understand)

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:29:37 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382857#post382857 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382857#post382857 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:20:39 +1300 Simon Armstrong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382856#post382856 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382856#post382856 mōrena

mōrena ki a koutou katoa – good morning to you all

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:19:53 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382855#post382855 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382855#post382855 Robust. This year's 'going forward' in bureaucratic jargon.

And a +1 for OK Boomer. World famous in New Zillun.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:17:25 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382854#post382854 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382854#post382854 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:16:55 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382853#post382853 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382853#post382853 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:15:58 +1300 Jeff Howell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382852#post382852 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382852#post382852 TRAVELATOR!!!*

*without the exclamation marks, obv

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:15:45 +1300 Hamish W https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382851#post382851 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382851#post382851 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:13:30 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382850#post382850 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382850#post382850 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:11:05 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382849#post382849 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382849#post382849 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:10:10 +1300 GlenM https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382848#post382848 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382848#post382848 Madness – because the world seems filled with it
Compassion – because NZ was filled with it post Christchurch, and even now too

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 10:05:37 +1300 Troy Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382847#post382847 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382847#post382847 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:59:58 +1300 Kyle MacDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382846#post382846 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382846#post382846 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:59:40 +1300 Troy Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382845#post382845 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382845#post382845 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:58:03 +1300 inksong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382844#post382844 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382844#post382844 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:55:24 +1300 Simon Bennett https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382843#post382843 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382843#post382843 'Greta' – verb: to pour opprobrium upon the powerful

'Granular' whatever the f*** it means – I’m hearing it all the time.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:54:07 +1300 KathrynB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382842#post382842 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382842#post382842 As-Salaam-Alaikum

As much as I dislike labelling any single event as 'changing NZ for ever,' I think the terrorist attack on March 15 did. One of the many longterm effects is that non-Muslim New Zealanders now know so much more about Islam and many have befriended members of the Muslim…

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:39:50 +1300 Job Jesse Rustenhoven https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382841#post382841 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382841#post382841 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:25:35 +1300 Ben Torkington https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382840#post382840 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382840#post382840 Tremain: to keep your job even though you’ve been an insensitive racist shitheel
(This will depend on the outcome of the ODT’s process, which we’re assured shouldn’t take long)

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:16:48 +1300 Glenn Pearce https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382838#post382838 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382838#post382838 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:04:33 +1300 richard maclean https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382837#post382837 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382837#post382837 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:02:06 +1300 Ross Bell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382836#post382836 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382836#post382836 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 09:00:53 +1300 James Ting-Edwards https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382835#post382835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382835#post382835 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:59:34 +1300 James Ting-Edwards https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382834#post382834 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382834#post382834 Bit sad about this but...

"Meme war" for the online face of conflicts that have touched NZ and places around the world.

Or "weaponised media" for similar reasons.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:58:38 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382833#post382833 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382833#post382833 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:48:50 +1300 JLM https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382832#post382832 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382832#post382832 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:47:53 +1300 chris fowlie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382831#post382831 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382831#post382831 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:47:21 +1300 chris fowlie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382830#post382830 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382830#post382830 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:44:18 +1300 chris fowlie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382829#post382829 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382829#post382829 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:43:53 +1300 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382828#post382828 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382828#post382828 phrases:

They Are Us
Freedom of Speech

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:41:07 +1300 Soon Lee https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382827#post382827 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382827#post382827 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:38:18 +1300 Thomas Beagle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382826#post382826 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382826#post382826 Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:35:23 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382825#post382825 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382825#post382825 Climate Strike

because we are not living under rocks

and

protofascism

because there is so much around in the decline of grand empires.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:34:59 +1300 Thomas Beagle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382824#post382824 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382824#post382824 Impeachment of course.

And I want to include "reeferendum" because I like it so much.

]]> Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:30:39 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382823#post382823 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-public-address-word-of-the-year-8/?p=382823#post382823 Discussion from blog post.

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