Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word of the Year - and Decade!
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The Yanks have been good to us. I enjoyed ROMNEYSIA very much this year but W.O.T.D. has to be the masterful and universal TRUTHINESS.
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Kiosk
ergo -
digital penetration -
"rofflenui"
I've come around to the shorter form:
roflnui
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Mr D, might you be one of the long lost
and legendary Grommets?
(Wgton circa 1981)
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Democracy
(a word we may not see again down here) -
Ken Double, in reply to
Possibly legendary, certainly lost. How are ya Mr D?
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I know this is a bit boring and serious, but is there any phrase that has acquired more meaning in the last 10 years than "social media"?
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
roflnui
or as it pertains to elections
raffle-ennui -
Word of the decade?
Terrorist.
ETA: Re-read previous page.
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Not a fan, but YOLO seems to have gained a lot of traction this year with the kids.
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for the decade: GFC
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JacksonP, in reply to
Sub-prime.
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Most of us have had enough of John Key's inanity by now , so in tribute to his passing Farmer Green offers :-
"flibbertigibberish"
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"Blog" by Iva Blog
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Toby,
for the decade: 9/11
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
How are ya Mr D?
Dancin', dancin'...
as are we all.Hit the stationery icon for email
when ya have a spare moment...I take it you are still binarypiscine based
and still close to Blair street.
....brings back memories -
“War on ” + noun
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For the year, and especially pertaining to PAS : cyber-marae (one of Islander's coinings).
Other nominees:
Notional government;
Omnishambles;
Fustercluck -
Decade.
Harry Potter.
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47 percent
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For the decade?
Mobile.
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Dotcom
and its derivative
Dotcomedy+
Recall
goes with
Memory Banks -
Sacha, in reply to
cyber-marae
a great tradition
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Wheedled
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'fail' as in: 'epic fail'. And also 'my bad'. Hearing both of these everywhere, and they seem to reflect a climate of vague incompetence.
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