Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2010 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194557#post194557 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194557#post194557 Animal Kingdom. I probably watch too many movies, and I can't remember the last previous time I felt real suspense watching a movie. When this movie ended I was actually relieved – I could breathe again. ]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:55:28 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194550#post194550 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194550#post194550 Resident Evil 3D was probably the best 3D I've ever seen. Horror is the genre 3D was made for. Yes, the story* makes absolutely no sense at all, unless you have seen the previous 3 films, at which point it makes perfect sense. Well, OK, some stuff, you'd have to… ]]> Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:29:39 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194490#post194490 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194490#post194490 Sun, 12 Dec 2010 18:31:38 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194432#post194432 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194432#post194432 Now that we are pretty settled on The Word of the Year, could we muse on the Film of the Year (before the newspapers fill up columns with their usual end-of-year bumpf).

Perhaps unfortunately, I've got to go for a mash-up of "they don't make 'em like they used to"…

]]> Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:12:42 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194416#post194416 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194416#post194416 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is my favourite both because it is quite good and because those books saw us through some dark days and this was the first of the movies… ]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:36:10 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194415#post194415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194415#post194415 Another pleasant surprise--went to Easy A today, which turned out to be a really funny and grown-up American teen movie. After The Waterfall (Simone Horrocks, NZ, 2010) also has appeal, especially in the lead role by Anthony Starr.)

Agree about Four Lions, but then Chris Morris has long been one…

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 22:10:01 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194414#post194414 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194414#post194414 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:46:09 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194413#post194413 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194413#post194413 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:22:32 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194411#post194411 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194411#post194411 "O, I've so wanted to see this since I first heard about it!
Thanks Hilary, for bringing it back to my mind.
Again – is it available on dvd? Because me, & 5 of mine, would buy it – like that...

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 21:08:31 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194410#post194410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194410#post194410 This Way of Life is my nomination the best NZ film that nobody has seen. ]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:51:09 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194409#post194409 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194409#post194409 the Shoreline in Waikanae) is cheaper than going to Readings in Wellington. Comfy chairs, great sound, wine and food at the counter. One of the few times when living out of town is more advantageous. ]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 19:48:40 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194398#post194398 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194398#post194398 Just as a side note, I saw Dawn Treader on Thursday night and thought it was particularly awful. I can't remember the original book, not having read it for about 25 years, but the movie adaption made very little sense and had some pretty bad acting in it.

HP7.1 was…

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 17:55:01 +1300 webweaver https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194388#post194388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194388#post194388 Well I'm voting for Avatar because the SFX completely blew.my.mind
and
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 1) aka HP7.1 because I love Harry Potter and I thought it was the equal best of the set so far – along with Prisoner of Azkaban.

...which I guess makes me…

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:59:55 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194379#post194379 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194379#post194379 Boy.

Spent most of my childhood holidays on the East cape, and loved it. The film brought it all back, and reminded me of what you miss by being city bound for too long.

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:15:17 +1300 philipmatthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194373#post194373 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194373#post194373 The film I liked most in cinemas this year was The White Ribbon — technically a 2009 film but 2010 down here. Also in contention for me: A Prophet, The Social Network, White Material and Greenberg. Comedies of the year: Greenberg and Four Lions. NZ film: Boy.

Now, as it's…

]]> Sat, 11 Dec 2010 12:03:13 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194329#post194329 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194329#post194329 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:17:54 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194312#post194312 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=194312#post194312 Now that we are pretty settled on The Word of the Year, could we muse on the Film of the Year (before the newspapers fill up columns with their usual end-of-year bumpf).

In a year dominated by third-rate Hollywood dross, it is great to encounter two excellent American films at…

]]> Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:20:28 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193948#post193948 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193948#post193948 Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:38:38 +1300 chris https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193930#post193930 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193930#post193930 my internet bill this month!… ]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:35:19 +1300 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193928#post193928 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193928#post193928 W*n Ps

OK, first time over, I read that as "wanton penis". Hanging around with jo hubris a bit too much, p'raps

]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:21:00 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193927#post193927 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193927#post193927 I know a number of Twitflockers, actually.

What, real genuine placeholders?

[Insert WOTY here]

]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:09:52 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193920#post193920 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193920#post193920 I’m not quite sure why you would think that from “give us your choice for the top three words of 2010”, but you don’t.

becuase i'm evil like that

]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 13:33:21 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193906#post193906 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193906#post193906 twitflocker

I know a number of Twitflockers, actually.

]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:32:45 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193903#post193903 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193903#post193903 What, no twatcock?

Well, from the article, twitflocker sounds like a related term.

]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:28:08 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193901#post193901 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193901#post193901 twatcock? ]]> Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:17:04 +1300 Greg Dawson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193869#post193869 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193869#post193869 The slight flaw cannot be easily fixed. So we work on the honor-system, any duplicate voting from now on will be deleted from the sheet.

Actually, for small voting populations I prefer cumulative voting. I find it tends to highlight the preferences better, and allows people to go all in…

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:41:10 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193861#post193861 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193861#post193861 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:17:52 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193857#post193857 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193857#post193857 Pl H**s

We can only be thankful it hasn't yet been as a politician.

ETA: Just typing 'paul' in google, the 6th most common search string was heartening.

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:45:06 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193846#post193846 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193846#post193846

so should we re-vote then?

No, just voters from now on!

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:41:08 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193845#post193845 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193845#post193845 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:39:25 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193844#post193844 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193844#post193844 The slight flaw cannot be easily fixed. So we work on the honor-system, any duplicate voting from now on will be deleted from the sheet.

I assumed we each got 3 votes

I'm not quite sure why you would think that from "give us your choice for the top three…

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:37:20 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193842#post193842 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193842#post193842 I assumed we each got 3 votes
so i gave all 3 of my votes to http://twitter.com/twatcock

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:25:24 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193839#post193839 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193839#post193839 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:16:54 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193837#post193837 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193837#post193837 There’s a slight flaw with the voting form – it’s possible to give the same word your three votes, which seems to defeat the purpose of the ranking system.

Tell Hadyn! Got to go to the airport now.

DM me — I'm carrying your Trons prize!

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:11:08 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193836#post193836 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193836#post193836 Phil Harris! Get with the programme.

Nice! Had to look at the link, as that's my brother's name :-D

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:10:20 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193835#post193835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193835#post193835 Pl H**s

?

Short loud opinionated TV host, formerly followed the news on One.

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:09:32 +1300 JackElder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193829#post193829 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193829#post193829 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:53:47 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193828#post193828 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193828#post193828 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:52:41 +1300 3410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193792#post193792 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193792#post193792 Phil Harris! Get with the programme. ]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:20:11 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193786#post193786 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193786#post193786 Pl H**s

?

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:04:07 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193783#post193783 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193783#post193783 DPF) into the lexicon for next year; I'm already trying to work it into the thesis. ]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:56:40 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193772#post193772 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193772#post193772 The problem with twatcocks like Pl H*y and W*n Ps is that they don't stay banished unless you put a stake through what passes for their hearts. WOTY is that stake.

I mean, look at how many times Pl H**s has come back...

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:26:33 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193743#post193743 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193743#post193743 I predict a late run on egg, now we must surely have banished 'twatcock' to the over-exposed category, in keeping with the formerly of TV, P@#$ H#$%^.

No? Oh well, one can only try.

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 12:24:25 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193732#post193732 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193732#post193732 egg as a superbly local word ]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:29:10 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193730#post193730 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193730#post193730 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:18:57 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193720#post193720 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193720#post193720 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,…

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:57:33 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193717#post193717 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193717#post193717 egg is good ]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 10:44:13 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193696#post193696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193696#post193696

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 )
;- )
(TOTH to Peter D)

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:30:12 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193695#post193695 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193695#post193695 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…

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:56:23 +1300 st ephen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193694#post193694 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193694#post193694 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 08:54:43 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193689#post193689 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193689#post193689 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:37:49 +1300 Carol Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193685#post193685 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193685#post193685 The English are not a very spiritual people, so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.
G.B. Shaw.

]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:36:55 +1300 peterpeasant https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193684#post193684 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193684#post193684 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,

]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:33:31 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193678#post193678 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193678#post193678 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:59:45 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193676#post193676 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193676#post193676 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.

]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:51:06 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193663#post193663 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193663#post193663 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:25:47 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193662#post193662 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193662#post193662 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:55:48 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193661#post193661 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193661#post193661

[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,…

]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:33:44 +1300 Pen Quinnan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193657#post193657 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193657#post193657 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:38:45 +1300 Bronwyn Holloway-Smith https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193652#post193652 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193652#post193652 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:01:44 +1300 Bronwyn Holloway-Smith https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193651#post193651 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193651#post193651 Assange ]]> Sun, 05 Dec 2010 10:00:51 +1300 Pen Quinnan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193650#post193650 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193650#post193650 Sun, 05 Dec 2010 09:57:39 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193561#post193561 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193561#post193561 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.

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 20:06:45 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193548#post193548 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193548#post193548 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…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 18:18:27 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193545#post193545 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193545#post193545 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…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:38:07 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193504#post193504 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193504#post193504 – 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.

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:04:19 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193503#post193503 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193503#post193503 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…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:50:44 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193497#post193497 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193497#post193497 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…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:38:47 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193495#post193495 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193495#post193495 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…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:30:44 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193494#post193494 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193494#post193494 You continue to be held in my high esteem, though.

Thank you very much!

I think Jolisa should still do it.

On further reflection, so do I. That way she’ll prove to us, once and for all, that she’s not chicken.

And it will do wonders for her reputation as…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:24:36 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193492#post193492 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193492#post193492 I’m well wrong about the innocent meaning of ’twat’.

You continue to be held in my high esteem, though.

I think Jolisa should still do it.

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:13:55 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193491#post193491 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193491#post193491 Correction: Well, blow me down, just Googled to check that I’d remembered the poem correctly – and have discovered that (according to Wikipedia) I’m well wrong about the innocent meaning of ’twat’.

Don’t do it, Jolisa!

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:10:02 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193489#post193489 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193489#post193489 Incidentally, it is for this reason that I have advised Jolisa Gracewood (on the occasion when she next meets a nun) to ask the question: “May I please see your twat?” It will be fine, Jolisa, I promise you.

David, you are about my favourite person in the world, right…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:07:46 +1300 David Haywood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193487#post193487 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193487#post193487 I’m voting for HoSteria, but I’d like to point out that ‘twat’ (like 'cock') also has an entirely innocent meaning as per Browning’s ‘Pippa Passes’ (the one with the famous line “God’s in his heaven/All’s right with the world”):

Then owls and bats
Cowls and twats
Monks and nuns in…

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:51:44 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193485#post193485 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193485#post193485 Hark. Stephen Fry using the word twazzock

It pays to remember, however, that he's a tweetcock.

]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:50:41 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193478#post193478 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193478#post193478 Fri, 03 Dec 2010 07:10:44 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193475#post193475 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193475#post193475 Munt Nose. Warning for the plebs; contains sexual content and Star Wars references. ]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 01:02:45 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193472#post193472 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193472#post193472 Urban Dictionary ]]> Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:06:29 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193470#post193470 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193470#post193470 using the word twazzock ]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 23:58:02 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193458#post193458 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193458#post193458 Speaking of Conspiracies, Randy Quaids been giving interviews again
"When I'm running from a Hollywood cabal, I like to wear thigh high boots, a black bikini, and a cowboy hat, cause that's how I roll."

Are you sure they're not just making a 'mockumentary'? They wouldn't be the first.

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:54:09 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193457#post193457 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193457#post193457 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 21:30:29 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193451#post193451 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193451#post193451 giving interviews again ]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:15:37 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193448#post193448 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193448#post193448 "WARNING! Contains Twatcockery!" ]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 18:33:21 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193447#post193447 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193447#post193447 Wishart's world[1] is one where views change from moment to moment.

1. "Wishart's World" is sure to be the name of his collected essays conclusively proving that Science is a tool of the Liberal Agenda.

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:37:32 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193444#post193444 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193444#post193444 And having previously written a post headlined ‘Cowardice in NZ Police’ and this in the comments:

As for apologising to the police national hq for calling them cowards? Never. PNHQ building is referred to by rank and file as “cowards’ castle"

After the second explosion, Wishart writes this:

Could NZ…

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:23:47 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193443#post193443 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193443#post193443 +1 to ange wither & Ross Mason – twatcock for woty, but I 'll always pronounce it
twotcock...)

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:18:03 +1300 Josh Addison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193440#post193440 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193440#post193440 I probably should have included a link, shouldn't I?

Here we go...

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:51:52 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193439#post193439 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193439#post193439 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:26:06 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193436#post193436 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193436#post193436 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:20:29 +1300 Josh Addison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193435#post193435 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193435#post193435 Re: Pike River Conspiracies, this from a comment at Ian Wishart's site:
There indeed is a cover up.I believe that a certain technological artifact has been discovered, and the resulting death toll was to silence any potential witnesses.The time delay by the government is to ensure that a retrieval team…

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:03:55 +1300 Felix Marwick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193433#post193433 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193433#post193433 if this is still going:

liquifracked – as in "my house in Christchurch has been liquifracked"

perkage – as in "the MP's career came a cropper because of over indulgence in perkage" (applies equally to over use of entitlements and random gropings of cleavage)

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:42:42 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193430#post193430 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193430#post193430 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:04:52 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193429#post193429 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193429#post193429 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:00:02 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193427#post193427 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193427#post193427 on that other thread, it seems to refer to something more conspiratorial and aspirational. ]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:49:38 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193424#post193424 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193424#post193424 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:37:51 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193419#post193419 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193419#post193419 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:25:33 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193418#post193418 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193418#post193418 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:19:33 +1300 Sam F https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193415#post193415 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193415#post193415 ETA: "Conspirational" it is, I should have trusted your expertise...

It seems like a classic phrase for every season though, not specifically 2010 in origin – and I recall someone's comment re "Always blow on the pie" that surely a phrase can't be word of the year?

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 14:06:26 +1300 HORansome https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193413#post193413 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193413#post193413 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:57:17 +1300 Dave Chowdhury https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193411#post193411 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193411#post193411 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:46:52 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193408#post193408 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193408#post193408 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:40:47 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193403#post193403 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193403#post193403 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:24:06 +1300 kiwifarang https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193364#post193364 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193364#post193364 Take a "twotcock" and mix in a dash of Chemical Brothers and you get..."Twotcockin' Beats".

Which is the sound of Pl H**y stroking his ego.

]]> Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:12:46 +1300 Mellopuffy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193353#post193353 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193353#post193353 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:06:24 +1300 ange wither https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193298#post193298 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193298#post193298 My vote is in for Twatcock, with what could be a southern pronunciation, ie
"stupid twotcock burned the cheese rolls in the crib, so we've biffed them into the skip, lets buy a boston bun instead so we can avoid more twotcockery from our visiting North Islander – fancy serving…

]]> Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:51:15 +1300 Sean Handley https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193260#post193260 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193260#post193260 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:13:26 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193254#post193254 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193254#post193254 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 20:47:24 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193242#post193242 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193242#post193242

Love the twatcockery, but the word must be “iPad”. Remember the naysayers, the scorn, but now the ubiquity

Yes, it’s literally everywhere. For instance, nobody I know outside of this place has one.

A bit like the usage of the word "twatcock" really; hasn't reached the popular parlance outside of…

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:19:26 +1300 Paul Williams https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193236#post193236 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193236#post193236

I'm seeing a nice Dr. Seussian dichotomy between the hat-twat twatcockers and hot-twat twatcockers. I imagine we'll discover in the end that our twatcocks are all the same underneath.

Genius!

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:52:21 +1300 Lara https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193230#post193230 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193230#post193230 relaxed? I'm relaxed. About everything (except the things I'm concerned about). ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:34:43 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193200#post193200 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193200#post193200 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 15:45:41 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193192#post193192 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193192#post193192

[No offence intended Waikato. It’s not you, it’s me…]

On consideration, I think it's probably Waikato...

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:45:46 +1300 Jacqui Dunn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193134#post193134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193134#post193134 Oh, I think the word that has resonated with me a lot this year is relaxed, as in "Prime Minister John Key says he is....." about, well, everything really, so may I please put in a (late) nomination?

Relaxed. Relaxed . Relaxed. Relaxed

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:44:01 +1300 caycos https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193132#post193132 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193132#post193132 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:15:44 +1300 Jacob Powell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193128#post193128 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193128#post193128

I’m seeing a nice Dr. Seussian dichotomy...

"Hot twats twatting hatted cocks..."

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 09:05:35 +1300 Jacob Powell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193125#post193125 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193125#post193125

The iPad could be a contender for Tool of the Year. There’d be a bit of competition, mind.

I'd say an ex-breakfast presenter would be well in the running for Tool of the Year and just like that we're back to twatcock.

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:58:59 +1300 Jacob Powell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193121#post193121 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193121#post193121

As general obscenity goes, no. I mean, it’s no f*&knuckle. Or knobend, even.

I've become somewhat partial to knob satchel (effectively inferring that the insulted has a contraceptive personality!), an expression I have only ever heard from my flatmate – though he's from the Waikato and I generally try to be…

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:43:07 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193120#post193120 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193120#post193120

Love the twatcockery, but the word must be "iPad". Remember the naysayers, the scorn, but now the ubiquity

Yes, it's literally everywhere. For instance, nobody I know outside of this place has one.

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:34:02 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193118#post193118 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193118#post193118

Grief and shock over the Pike River mine tragedy has stretched though all the West Coast's towns.

And they couldn't even get through (with an 'r') the first sentence without a cock-up.

]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 08:03:00 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193117#post193117 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193117#post193117 This here is a prime example of twatcockery. When you read the morning paper, and it makes you choke with rage? Yes. Twatcockery. ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2010 07:57:35 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193115#post193115 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193115#post193115 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:54:41 +1300 Tony Kennedy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193111#post193111 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193111#post193111 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:51:23 +1300 Mark Cubey https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193110#post193110 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193110#post193110 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:29:10 +1300 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193108#post193108 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193108#post193108

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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:11:46 +1300 Tony Kennedy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193107#post193107 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193107#post193107 listen from 2009 ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:03:17 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193103#post193103 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193103#post193103

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

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 22:01:30 +1300 Sam Vilain https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193101#post193101 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193101#post193101

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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:37:55 +1300 Sam Vilain https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193099#post193099 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193099#post193099 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.)

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 21:25:44 +1300 Tom Ackroyd https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193091#post193091 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193091#post193091 Does anyone remember these?
"Build a turtle fence” and “Problems south of Taupo” need entering into the word of the year. Well, not word, but y’know."

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:52:30 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193090#post193090 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193090#post193090

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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:35:05 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193089#post193089 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193089#post193089 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:34:42 +1300 JackElder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193088#post193088 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193088#post193088 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 20:29:46 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193085#post193085 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193085#post193085 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:37:11 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193083#post193083 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193083#post193083 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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:41:24 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193082#post193082 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193082#post193082

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.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:23:09 +1300 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193081#post193081 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193081#post193081

I can also advise on how to pronounce Icelandic volcanoes

Twåtcøck?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:17:53 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193080#post193080 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193080#post193080

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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:16:50 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193076#post193076 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193076#post193076

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…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:50:10 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193075#post193075 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193075#post193075 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:49:32 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193073#post193073 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193073#post193073

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.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:40:27 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193070#post193070 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193070#post193070 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:33:17 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193068#post193068 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193068#post193068 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.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:29:59 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193067#post193067 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193067#post193067 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:23:01 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193066#post193066 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193066#post193066 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:19:58 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193064#post193064 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193064#post193064 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:13:56 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193060#post193060 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193060#post193060

I didn’t actually mean to say that Paul Henry was the literal combination of male and female pudenda: that would be far too insulting to said organs.

And yet, he is a classical tiresome ass.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:11:13 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193059#post193059 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193059#post193059 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:09:22 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193057#post193057 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193057#post193057

Also, I say “twotcock”.

Moi aussi.

Also, I’m a ‘twat to rhyme with hat’ person.

I reserve that pronunciation of the word for men I don’t like. No, okay. Who I hate.

The only other suggestion that is even close is cuntbiscuit (HT Hadyn)

Ms Manners aka Craig will not…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:09:01 +1300 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193056#post193056 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193056#post193056

I think that’s true enough, most usages south of the equator I’ve heard have not been insults but actual references to female genitalia.

And it's the former that I intended. I didn't actually mean to say that Paul Henry was the literal combination of male and female pudenda: that would…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:06:25 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193055#post193055 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193055#post193055 twatcock. Research topic anyone? ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:54 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193054#post193054 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193054#post193054

Er, which?

Umm, this.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:04:27 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193053#post193053 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193053#post193053

Turned out it was just "He wears a disguise".

Does he "kiss this guy"?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:03:38 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193052#post193052 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193052#post193052

It just seems more common as an insult in England, so I associate it with my time there and with British comedy.

I think that's true enough, most usages south of the equator I've heard have not been insults but actual references to female genitalia.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:01:42 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193050#post193050 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193050#post193050

What was Jolisa’s phrase again?

Er, which? There was a line in my ahem, favourite Abba song, cough, that I could have sworn went "Beware suddy skies" — and for years I assumed that "suddy" was an obscure Swedish meteorological term, perhaps indicating the threat of snow.

Turned out it…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:59:21 +1300 ari sargent https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193049#post193049 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193049#post193049 Hadyn) ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:55:49 +1300 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193048#post193048 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193048#post193048

Most of English is of British origin, but I think at least in NZ and Australia, Twot would be the more common pronunciation. So, are we claiming this word?

It just seems more common as an insult in England, so I associate it with my time there and with British…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:55:30 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193047#post193047 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193047#post193047

I’m seeing a nice Dr. Seussian dichotomy between the hat-twat twatcockers and hot-twat twatcockers. I imagine we’ll discover in the end that our twatcocks are all the same underneath.

Is there a Dr Haywood in the house? Call for a children's book author, stat.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:53:58 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193046#post193046 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193046#post193046

I cannot take credit for the word’s coining, I believe that honour goes to the wondrous- with-words, Jolisa.

Good lord, no (you may be confusing me with my famously foul-mouthed little brother). In fact, kudos must go to the very naughty Tom Beard.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:53:12 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193045#post193045 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193045#post193045 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:52:37 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193043#post193043 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193043#post193043

Am I really the only one who doesn't particularly like 'twatcock'?

It fails that "Can I say it ten times fast without fucking it up" test which a truly great insult, flung in the heat of the moment, has stood up to over time.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:50:24 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193042#post193042 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193042#post193042

A bunch of people pronouncing it twot last week completely threw me.

And I've never heard it said otherwise in real life. Interesting.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:50:23 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193041#post193041 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193041#post193041

Because I am quite slow on the uptake sometimes.

Whether intended or not, that was quite an effective put down, because, as the saying goes 'I did not know that!' Slow? Glacial.

Anyway, I'm still trying to work out 'Loosey in the fly with diamonds.'

What was Jolisa's phrase again?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:50:23 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193040#post193040 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193040#post193040

it sounds a bit too much like 'spatchcock' for me

Please don't tell me that one's pronounced 'spotchcock'

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:48:56 +1300 JackElder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193039#post193039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193039#post193039

twat to rhyme with hat

I'm seeing a t-shirt here.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:48:44 +1300 Graeme Edgeler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193038#post193038 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193038#post193038

Eyjafjallajökull

How quickly we forget.

+1

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:46:54 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193037#post193037 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193037#post193037

Also, I’m a ‘twat to rhyme with hat’ person.

Same. A bunch of people pronouncing it twot last week completely threw me.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:46:32 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193036#post193036 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193036#post193036

would you feel better about #twatcock then?

I can't say it's crossed my awareness. But if you want to start a trend...?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:45:50 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193035#post193035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193035#post193035

I'm also rather liking commisibration which Emma has been using quite a bit lately.

Commiserbration came out of the earthquake too, originally. It does nicely describe the new habit of Chch people to get together, drink, and talk about how good it is that we've got through such awful things.…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:38:21 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193034#post193034 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193034#post193034

In the same way, while I say “arse” rather than “ass”, “jackass” can only ever be pronounced in the donkeyesque manner, since the concept is so thoroughly American.

Oh, it's long been quite the fashion for Auckland hipsters to pronounce it "jackarse".

Also, I say "twotcock".

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:35:49 +1300 Megan Wegan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193033#post193033 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193033#post193033

Am I really the only one who doesn’t particularly like ‘twatcock’? While I’m normally in full favour of creative obscenity, it just does nothing for me. Plus, it sounds a bit too much like ‘spatchcock’ for me.

As general obscenity goes, no. I mean, it's no f*&knuckle. Or knobend, even.

But…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:35:13 +1300 sally jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193032#post193032 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193032#post193032 Twatcock. I cannot take credit for the word's coining, I believe that honour goes to the wondrous- with-words, Jolisa. But it must… ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:31:43 +1300 Steve Reeves https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193029#post193029 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193029#post193029 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:26:30 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193028#post193028 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193028#post193028

Where others might have thought ‘Say no go’ by De La Soul.

Which, I only realised *this year*, samples 'I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)'! (Because I am quite slow on the uptake sometimes. I don't even want to tell you how old I was when I finally…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:25:40 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193027#post193027 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193027#post193027

Eyjafjallajökull

How quickly we forget.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:22:59 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193026#post193026 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193026#post193026

I’m thinking outside the square

And not making a hash of it, either. I like your thinking. Punctuation of the Year?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:22:18 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193024#post193024 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193024#post193024 Oh dear, a vajazzled and spatchcocked twatcock? The mind revolts.

"Aftershock" is a really strong contender, not least because at some level Pike River could also be said to be one. For an island (and a country) that has been so badly shaken this year.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:21:35 +1300 Anonymous Author https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193023#post193023 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193023#post193023 Eyjafjallajökull. ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:20:56 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193022#post193022 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193022#post193022 I seem to be in the minority with pronouncing the 'a' in twatcock like the one in hat – it just seems to come out angrier that way.

I'm also rather liking commisibration which Emma has been using quite a bit lately. And, #eqnz related, chimney as in what none…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:20:47 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193021#post193021 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193021#post193021

One small sentence for [a] (wo)man, one giant ‘leap’ for (wo)mankind #toomanymeanings!

Also, possibly the vilest sentence my fingers have ever typed. The mental picture is deeply troubling, although sparkly. #glamrocktwatcock

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:17:13 +1300 Gregor Ronald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193020#post193020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193020#post193020 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:16:11 +1300 JackElder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193018#post193018 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193018#post193018 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:14:04 +1300 Jacob Powell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193014#post193014 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193014#post193014 twatcock! I guess twatcock truly is in the mouth of the orator... ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:54:29 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193013#post193013 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193013#post193013 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:51:20 +1300 Jacob Powell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193007#post193007 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193007#post193007

Arguably, a twatcock comes pre-vajazzled.

One small sentence for [a] (wo)man, one giant 'leap' for (wo)mankind #toomanymeanings!

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:45:36 +1300 Tom Beard https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193006#post193006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193006#post193006

Curious, I’ve always heard it as twotcock. Never even considered the other way, which I also never use on its own, it always seems more like UK slang to me.

That's why I always heard it as an "a" sound: "twat" seems a very British insult to me. In the…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:44:06 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193000#post193000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=193000#post193000 Where others might have thought 'Say no go' by De La Soul. Just sayin'.

[#TC}

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:33:29 +1300 Kebabette https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192997#post192997 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192997#post192997 Yup this was the year of #eqnz. No doubt. And someone's already mentioned the other #eqnz 'liquefaction'.

The other quakey word/phrase = 'No Go'.Which somehow always made me start to sing a bit of Hall & Oates 'I can't go for that (no can do)'.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:22:46 +1300 Rogan Polkinghorne https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192991#post192991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192991#post192991 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:11:12 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192990#post192990 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192990#post192990

I'm feeling a bit icky at the thought of a scatological twatcocks

Yes, that's a fairly extreme perversion, one-upping mere scat.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:10:59 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192989#post192989 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192989#post192989

it felt like the year when twitter hashtags became part of the parlance

would you feel better about #twatcock then?

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:09:54 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192987#post192987 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192987#post192987 The Oxford Dictionary WOTY is "Big Society". Beating "double-dip" and "vuvuzela".

They seem a bit staid in comparison. Got to keep a 'stiff upper lip' I suppose.

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:06:00 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192985#post192985 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192985#post192985 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:04:00 +1300 Ben Gracewood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192984#post192984 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192984#post192984 Real New Zealander, which I find people using regularly for any signs of ironic non-New Zealandness (being brown, not being able to finish a beer, being a fucking cyclist, etc.) ]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:03:51 +1300 Matt Godfrey https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192982#post192982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192982#post192982 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:59:18 +1300 Luke Williamson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192976#post192976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192976#post192976

I also nominate twatcock because 1) it was coined by one of our own 2) it is a multipurpose word suited to all situations and occasions 3) I am innately scatalogical.

I'm feeling a bit icky at the thought of a scatological twatcocks – I mean, where have they been!!!

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:53:53 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192974#post192974 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192974#post192974 I'm thinking outside the square in that the WOTY isn't a word in itself, but the bit that came before so many of them: #eqnz, #pikeriver, #outrageousfortune, #allwhites.

To me it felt like the year when twitter hashtags became part of the parlance, even for those of us who don't…

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:47:22 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192972#post192972 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192972#post192972 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:37:27 +1300 Judi Lapsley Miller https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192971#post192971 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192971#post192971 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:35:01 +1300 Mellopuffy https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192966#post192966 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192966#post192966 "vajazzling"

naahhhh. "Twatcock"

]]> Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:24:16 +1300 Jolisa https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192964#post192964 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-the-public-address-word-of-the-1/?p=192964#post192964 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:15:46 +1300