Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2013
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Fuckstrating
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Gay Marriage and or Big Gay Rainbow :)
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Goldenage.
The state NZ’s arts are apparently in according to Chris Finlayson. This in the year that Wellington’s Downstage Theatre closed its doors, and literary journal ‘Sport’ loses its funding.
Also the state TV Drama is supposedly enjoying. This in the year NZ sees the cancellation of 'Go Girls', 'Nothing Trivial'. 'The Almighty Johnsons', and 'The Blue Rose' due to indifferent ratings.
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"Look". As in its use to preface every statement from a politician or PR apologist.
Or another L word: " Lorde"
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Metadata. It seems like the obvious one to me.
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Or yet another L word: "Luminaries"
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Royals.
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Russell Brown, in reply to
Metadata. It seems like the obvious one to me.
If I was allowed to enter, that would have been my pick.
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
We should make 2014 the year in which we finally rid ourselves of the tyranny of ratings
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Chris Werry, in reply to
+1 for Metadata
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
or Loyals?
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Russell Brown, in reply to
I should have said in the post, but the R-word will not be considered for the vote. We won't be giving those nasty young men any fame at all.
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Freeview
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Kebabette, in reply to
That's fine by me. It was kind of spooky how said word magically didn't appear.
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It's been declared word of the year elsewhere, but "selfie" has been utterly ubiquitous this year and really sums up something about the zeitgeist in general.
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The Civilian. Satire.
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Botulism
1984
Amandla
I prefer the last, it's the most positive.
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Does NSA count as a word?
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Marriage equality
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Mandela
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or even better, because it's so much fun to say, Luigi Wewegee
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Forgiveness (sorry)
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Snowden - as a new name for a whistleblower
Snowdenning - the act of whistleblowing.
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Reacharound
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