Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2011
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merc, in reply to
The stronger the tea, the better the Man Date.
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Out of interest, is EQNZ ever used verbally? Or is it purely an online term?
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Jolisa, in reply to
If nobody hears you say "#eqnz" aloud (in a forest or otherwise), can it be a "word" of the year? Or is it more of a symbol?
I'm nominating "MOAR ROADZ" as All-Caps Phrase of the Year, after a shell-shocked first week navigating Thunderdome, uh, I mean Auckland. Thinking of trading tiny car + bus budget for a family set of jetpacks. Or possibly kayaks.
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Moata T, in reply to
*curtseys*
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Sacha, in reply to
I've only used it verbally with people who are familiar with it in text. Still counts, I reckon.
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BenWilson, in reply to
after a shell-shocked first week navigating Thunderdome, uh, I mean Auckland.
Two men enter, one man leave. But that's NZ, generally.
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Jolisa, in reply to
How do you pronounce it? Letter by letter? Like "sequins" but with a silent S? Or does "sh" indicate hashtag, thus "shequins"?
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Jolisa, in reply to
Two men enter, one man leave. But that’s NZ, generally.
I feel sure we can tweak that and use it as a car-pooling slogan somehow...
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BenWilson, in reply to
Thinking of trading tiny car + bus budget for a family set of jetpacks. Or possibly kayaks.
On the Shore, huh?
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BenWilson, in reply to
I feel sure we can tweak that and use it as a car-pooling slogan somehow...
Make a whole business around that slogan and you'll be the first green job in the new regime.
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merc, in reply to
Danger is; make great green slogans and the old regime will end you.
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Sacha, in reply to
How do you pronounce it? Letter by letter?
yes
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Sacha, in reply to
Soylent green, to be precise
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Jolisa, in reply to
Near one of the shores... there are many in this city!
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
Soylent green, to be precise
Slogan's Run, innit?
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Sacha, in reply to
40 is the new 30
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Rich Lock, in reply to
(On a )
Mandate
(with a)
Teapot
Nek Minnit...
Liquefaction
Munted
(my)
Groin
ContainerIf you'd managed to work 'occupy' (occupied) in there at the end, you would have won today's internet.
Love your work, btw.
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Rich Lock, in reply to
40 is the new 30
What to do with my last month of life....?
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
bullshit
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Sacha, in reply to
Groin
Containerpoints for the gratuitous cricket reference, but
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Sacha, in reply to
you did get the film reference, eh
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BenWilson, in reply to
What to do with my last month of life....?
Eat, drink, and be merry! Zum Wohl!
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Because a diamond as big as a planet just tickles my fancy.
ETA: Also because Diamond Mine by David Kilgour et al is one of my favourite songs of the year.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
me? get a popular culture reference?
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Smile and wave.
3-way handshake.
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