Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2010
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
On further reflection, so do I. That way she’ll prove to us, once and for all, that she’s not chicken.
I have often felt, in my correspondence with her over Twitter, that she is a bit chicken.
That's right, Gracewood. I'm calling you out. (Even though you were very lovely and sent me virtual mince pies yesterday.)
Thank you very much!
S'OK. I recently referred to you to someone in my workplace as The Nicest Man In The World, and said it's your official title. (Also, when I am down at Xmas, you and your lovely lady are joining is at the pub, kay?)
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Question for those with more UK experience than I. Is twat (rhyming with bat) used over there to refer to genitalia, or is that way of saying it reserved as an insult?
As in, would "I fingered her twat" (rhyming with hat), mean digital foreplay, or flipping the bird at her angry wannabe boyfriend, or pointing at her accomplice in a lineup?
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I recently referred to you to someone in my workplace as The Nicest Man In The World, and said it’s your official title.
Dude, that's both slander and libel. I consider myself in (nearly) the same tough-guy category as Dr Gracewood -- a hell-raiser and ne'er-do-well, living on the edge of the law.
when I am down at Xmas, you and your lovely lady are joining is at the pub
Done!
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Megan Wegan, in reply to
– a hell-raiser and ne’er-do-well, living on the edge of the law.
Dude. Way to make me spit coffee all over my computer screen.
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would "I fingered her twat" (rhyming with hat), mean digital foreplay,
Yes it would. It's a vey crude way of putting it, though, and wouldn't be used in relation to a special ladyfriend.
The word is also frequently used both as an insult and also as a term of affection between good mates, in much the same way as 'wanker': By itself (oi! wanker! [twat!]), or prefixed with 'you' (piss off, you wanker [twat]). Generally has the same insult-strength as 'wanker', as well, but many connisseurs prefer the superior mouth-feel of the single-syllable expletive. Not generally used as part of a compound insult, but can be prefixed with, for example 'fucking' for additional effect..
Happy to help.
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Dude, that’s both slander and libel. I consider myself in (nearly) the same tough-guy category as Dr Gracewood – a hell-raiser and ne’er-do-well, living on the edge of the law.
I tried to give Dr Haywood a hug once and he beat me down right there in the street.
But then he took me to a club where all the strippers wrote poetry and the only drink they sold was absinthe. So I figure we're square.
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nzlemming, in reply to
Dude, that’s both slander and libel. I consider myself in (nearly) the same tough-guy category as Dr Gracewood
And nobody fucks with Dr Gracewood.
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Julian Assange
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Hah! Great minds think alike. Pen, you bet me to it...
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Pen Quinnan, in reply to
Snap! I'm thinking the recency effect may work in our favour...
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[No offence intended Waikato. It’s not you, it’s me…]
On consideration, I think it’s probably Waikato…
Geez, away for a week in Sydney and have to leap immediately into defensive mode!!
With Australia experiencing flooding in NSW, locust swarms in Victoria, alleged betrayals over World Cup venues and pavlova ownership, and doing so badly at the cricket, it is tempting to share a moment or two of schadenfraude.
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Paul Williams, in reply to
Cheers to that Geoff, oh wait, but I live in Sydney. Actually, I typically barrack for Australia when they're not playing NZ but I can't help but enjoy their failiings in the Ashes.
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Sacha, in reply to
The Germans probably have a word for expat schadenfreude (though I'm not sure they have one for cricket)..
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nzlemming, in reply to
The Germans probably have a word for expat schadenfreude (though I’m not sure they have one for cricket)..
Even the Greeks don't have a word for cricket.
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Oops---a (schaden) Freudian slip there!
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Like Jacob I am intrigued by pronunciation having heard ,and used , both the hot and hat versions.
I suppose it it depends on whether one went to Oxford or Cambridge.
Jackie, scatological interests have no necessary relationship with either twatcocks, or cocktwats,
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The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
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Jackie Clark, in reply to
I have always used scatalogical to refer to my love of swearing, even though, I see now, it is all about the excrement. So then – what is the word for someone who loves swearing? If I ever knew the answer, I can't remember it now. Maybe it's profanitorial.
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My understanding was always that "twat to rhyme with hot" was an offensive four letter word that you couldn't say on the telly, whereas "twat to rhyme with hat" was a meaningless monosyllable that edgier UK comedians adopted to put one over the censors. Not for the first time, PAS has demolished one of my pet theories.
I had a suggestion for Word Revival of the Year: egg, from that movie that everyone loved apart from me and Cecilia. But thanks to Tom I now see that the "paul henry word" also claims that category.
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BenWilson, in reply to
Profane? That does seem to specialize as a word in irreligious swearing. The dictionary uses vulgar for generic swear words. Coarse? Obscene? Indecent?
But I'm glad you've been enlightened on scat. That could have got embarrassing. I'm sure we've all done it. I spent several years in my mid-teens thinking "Cracking a fat" was "doing a fart". This led to some embarrassing occasions, but people were too embarrassed on my behalf to tell me, just in case I had actually cracked a fat.
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living on the edge of the law.
no, no, no - that's the mighty Avon you are living on the edge of!
here's a picture of Avonside in better days
(recently purchased by the Chch Art Gallery )
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Sacha, in reply to
egg is good
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Righto. Here's the list I'm going to send to Hadyn for the voting form. I've left out some words/phrases which seemed to thematically similar to others, and some neologisms that seemed to have been thought up on the spot.
Let me know if there's anything you think must be there, or doesn't need to be there:
#allwhites
#eqnz
Aftershock
Anand Satyanand
Brown town
Commiserbrations
Double Rainbow
Entitlements
Eyjafjallajökull
Hashtag
Hobbit
HoSteria!!!!!
iPad
Liquefaction
Nudity Clauses
Pike River
Refudiate
Relaxed
SBW
Super Mayor
Top Kill (BP Oil Spill)
Transparency
Twatcock
Vajazzling
vuvuzela
Wellywood
Wikileaks -
Ooo, actually, Spill is a good one. Encapsulates both Aussie Politics, and BP. And the earthquake, I guess, if you had open vessels lying around.
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