Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2010
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Jolisa, in reply to
No no, after you! #etiquettejam
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Sacha, in reply to
gold
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recordari, in reply to
Thanks.
But really I think I've over reached, and should now withdraw.ETA: Emma.
My most recent commiserbration was the 'bottle of bubbles each' commiserbration of my losing my Metro job.
That sucks!!! Sorry if it has been discussed here before, but hadn't heard.
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Jolisa, in reply to
Ag, missed that completely! (Going for the bronze now.)
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My most recent commiserbration was the 'bottle of bubbles each' commiserbration of my losing my Metro job.
What?! But but but... I had no idea. Commiserbrations are definitely in order. Much as it is entirely the magazine's loss.
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One of my favourite terms of recent months has been “ground failure”. Our liquefaction-prone soils in Christchurch have failed to achieve the “greater competence” of the Banks Peninsula soils, which are based on nice reliable rock. In the early days post-eathquake the Council was using the term “pavement failure” to describe the gaping rifts in some of our roads and footpaths, but now all the trouble seems to be the fault of the ground. As it were.
But don't worry, we can have "ground repair and remediation", which may or may not involve "vibro-rolling"! [Hey, if Pegasus Town can have it, why can't we?]
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can you provide a pronunciation guide please?
Twa pronounced similar to Two, but with the a sound from tall
tc is the plosive penultimate sound from hitch
ock is pronounced like Jacques, but with the unused o from the earlier Two.I can also advise on how to pronounce Icelandic volcanoes, if your insurance is up to date.
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Turned out it was just “He wears a disguise”.
Does he “kiss this guy”?
Get up in the morning, baked beans for breakfast
Sold out to every monk and beefhead
Woah-ohhhh, me ears are alight!
Why find me kids, they buck up and a-leave me
Darling cheese head I was yards too greasy
Woah-ohhhh! Me ears are alight! -
Tom Beard, in reply to
I can also advise on how to pronounce Icelandic volcanoes
Twåtcøck?
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Whether intended or not, that was quite an effective put down, because, as the saying goes ‘I did not know that!’
Oh sheez. That was totally unintended. I feel like a bit of a twatcock now.
What?! But but but… I had no idea.
That'll learn ya, Mr Contrarian-I'm-Not-On-Twitter-Pants.
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I'm not sure that Pike River and earthquake (or #eqnz) quite work as words of the year.
While Pike River was a tragic event, you don't hear people using "Pike River" in other contexts. ("Man, that pavlova went all Pike River in my new oven!", cf 9/11.)
Likewise, while the earthquake in Christchurch was devastating, it's not like suddenly we're faced with this cool new word "earthquake" that's become part of our vocab this year.
But words like liquefaction and firedamp/afterdamp are those words that show up unannounced and jump around in our vocabulary.
Perhaps we could have a subcategory for hashtag of the year. #lolz
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I’ve been seeing “stakeholder” showing up more and more – I think “stakeholders” are the mates the govt or local govt bring in to support them to pretend they are listening and avoid having to have real public input – they are the guys who hold the stakes while the public are reamed by the govt
They are also often a bunch of twatcocks
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Out of interest, how many people are familiar with the slang verb usage of 'twat', meaning 'to hit'? As in, "Get the nail in position, then twat it wiv yer 'ammer." To be honest, in day-to-day conversation, that's how I'd use 'twat' most of the time.
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My favourite new word this year is the NZ Sign Language sign for Christchurch. It used to be fingerspelling 'c' twice but the new sign now graphically portrays movement.
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That sucks!!! Sorry if it has been discussed here before, but hadn't heard.
Yeah, I hadn't mentioned it before. But, as commiserbrating might suggest, it's not all bad.
Out of interest, how many people are familiar with the slang verb usage of 'twat', meaning 'to hit'?
Yep. Mostly in a Red Dwarf context, to be fair.
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Especially relating to the Christchurch earthquake, I think “shit volcano” does it for me :)
(ahem, I can't actually find a link to the actual term, but you know, it relates to the liquefaction combined with the burst sewers and stuff... maybe you had to be there.)
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Apparently it has a sexual context also attached to it.
I’m not sure. The results I found looked like they were just missing the appropriate punctuation.
As in, “(subject) (verb) (posessive) twat cock (verb)…”
Clearly there should be a hyphen before the last verb there. I’m not sure it’s an actual porn term, at least, not like say “Teabagging”
Given that ‘twatcock’ is going to walk it, perhaps we should just stick it out of the way over in the corner and focus on the fight for second place
+1
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Darling cheese head I was yards too greasy
Platinum.
Oh sheez. That was totally unintended. I feel like a bit of a twatcock now.
It's not you, it's me.
#highmaintenance
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Going forward with #twatcock for 2010. And still worth a listen from 2009
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Tom Beard, in reply to
Out of interest, how many people are familiar with the slang verb usage of ‘twat’, meaning ‘to hit’? As in, “Get the nail in position, then twat it wiv yer ‘ammer.” To be honest, in day-to-day conversation, that’s how I’d use ’twat’ most of the time.
My most vivid memory of the use of the word "twat" was when a colleague in London said "If I punched [Manager X] in the face, would that mean I'd twatted a twat?"
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Love the twatcockery, but the word must be "iPad". Remember the naysayers, the scorn, but now the ubiquity. Also the "thing" of the year, but that's incidental. "aftershock" a close second.
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iPad, over hyped, over sold, over IT, second pick would be "unfriend"
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The iPad could be a contender for Tool of the Year. There'd be a bit of competition, mind.
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This here is a prime example of twatcockery. When you read the morning paper, and it makes you choke with rage? Yes. Twatcockery.
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