Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Word of the Year 2011 -- The Vote! https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243931#post243931 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243931#post243931 in. ]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:00:10 +1300 Kiwi Nomad https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243925#post243925 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243925#post243925 Ooops... looks like I'm too late to nominate 'Assholocracy'...
As in, we are living, in the age of the assholocracy. Just witness the Republican contenders for the USA presidency, or the whole Arab Spring thing which has been a process of bringing down assholocracies. Italy suffered under one until recently.…

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:26:41 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243919#post243919 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243919#post243919 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 21:37:39 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243910#post243910 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243910#post243910 How quick we forgot but didn't forget....
The Facebook Justice for Arie page is still pretty active.
Somehow I get the impression that he's not interested in being a public face. Good for him.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:56:40 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243909#post243909 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243909#post243909 YES.
But he is a person, not a word-

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:51:24 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243907#post243907 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243907#post243907 How quick we forgot but didn't forget....

Arie.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 20:48:32 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243866#post243866 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243866#post243866 It may be of interest that 'red-stickered' is currently being increasingly used in Nelson.
So I've noticed, and without the media feeling the need to explain their use of the term. My sympathies, being yellow stickered was more than enough for me.

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:18:17 +1300 Bruce Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243864#post243864 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243864#post243864 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:09:39 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243817#post243817 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243817#post243817 I can't say I've heard ANYBODY in my Auckland walk of life use it this year. And I'm a Westie (+ Westie high school teacher)
Kiss of death then. Like, once I'M IN UR SOMETHING, WHATEVERING YOUR WHATEVER got picked up by academia it was well & truly, um, munted for…

]]> Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:14:33 +1300 Yamis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243816#post243816 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243816#post243816 Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:01:45 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243793#post243793 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243793#post243793 nek munnited surely?
;- /

Pruhnunseeayshuyn.

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:42:48 +1300 Lew Stoddart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243792#post243792 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243792#post243792 My fellow Public Address twatcocks, consider the axiom of revealed preference.

By my count, 48 out of 83 comments to this post so far contain or refer to the word 'munted'.

L

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:25:03 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243674#post243674 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243674#post243674 Well comet really...

Correct Sir. All through the RWC we had a bunch of guys jumping up and down shouting "Comet eh Comet eh rargle rargle"or something.

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:09:34 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243643#post243643 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243643#post243643 World of the year?
Well comet really...
You'll be pleased to know
that the recently discovered
Comet Lovejoy survived
yesterday's brush with Mother Sun...

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 09:02:22 +1300 Tamsin6 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243630#post243630 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243630#post243630 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:20:28 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243628#post243628 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243628#post243628 It's like an American (USA) male introducing himself – and this has happened 4 times with me- "Hi! I'm Randy!"
Geez mate, enough already-

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:08:56 +1300 Tamsin6 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243626#post243626 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243626#post243626 utterly rooted, if you will

Now theres a term I haven't heard for a while...in all kinds of contexts...I still snigger childishly when I hear the American usage 'rooting for ya' etc. I am still 12 years old in my head at times.

]]> Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:03:45 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243591#post243591 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243591#post243591 S’alright. Twatcock is so 2010 ;-)
'fraid so :-(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Her2M_zZDEI

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 22:14:40 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243584#post243584 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243584#post243584 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:47:19 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243583#post243583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243583#post243583 Twat and the Coquettes? ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:46:23 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243582#post243582 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243582#post243582 Struth! I forgot to vote for twatcock!

S'alright. Twatcock is so 2010 ;-)

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:37:31 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243568#post243568 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243568#post243568 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:38:40 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243566#post243566 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243566#post243566 Does anyone else based their vote partly on how humorous / awkward the conversation between Russell and a slightly-confused pre-Xmas Geoff Robinson might be on Morning Report when the winner is announced?

This year's can't top twatcock in that regard :-)

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:36:30 +1300 Scott A https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243556#post243556 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243556#post243556 Does anyone else based their vote partly on how humorous / awkward the conversation between Russell and a slightly-confused pre-Xmas Geoff Robinson might be on Morning Report when the winner is announced?

Fuckeulogy would have the shock value, but trying to explain #hipstersforGoldsmith would be endlessly entertaining!

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:25:16 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243498#post243498 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243498#post243498 So is it time to stop with the eye-rolling yet?

I was serious in admiring Heather's not managing to have encountered the word. She knows I'd never roll my eyes at her. Well, not about that sort of thing..

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:17:33 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243487#post243487 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243487#post243487 How about broken into X pieces. So that it might still resemble a cup looking at the bits.

Millions might have been an exageration....

The broken cup is unusable. That was my point.

And it needs to be sudden.


 2 to ....10 pieces?

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:36:22 +1300 Lucy Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243480#post243480 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243480#post243480 It’d be fascinating to know what coaching these overseas call centre staff have in our dialect and idiom. I wonder what definition of munted they get taught? :-)

Yeah, friend's response was basically: all the words in English and they took the time to teach you *that* one? (Although it's…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:13:14 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243479#post243479 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243479#post243479 the customer service rep with the strong Indian accent on the other end asked “Is the card munted?”

It'd be fascinating to know what coaching these overseas call centre staff have in our dialect and idiom. I wonder what definition of munted they get taught? :-)

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:20 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243469#post243469 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243469#post243469 A smashed cup isn't munted, it's smashed into pieces.

A smashed cup is shattered – something that is munted still retains its original form to a degree but is unable to be used or repaired.

An example being "some friends", in an attempt to get wheels to go to a…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:33:29 +1300 Lucy Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243466#post243466 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243466#post243466 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:17:32 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243463#post243463 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243463#post243463 Think about how you have a perfectly good cup and your drop it and it ends up in a million pieces.

It’s Munted.

I beg to differ. I would argue that for a thing to be munted it must maintain some semblance of its original form. It should be beyond…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:03:09 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243461#post243461 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243461#post243461 left my city outside the dairy...
It worked.
Then 1 minute later it didn’t.
Munted!
nek munnited surely?
;- /

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:54:41 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243459#post243459 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243459#post243459 Ah, percussive maintenance.

At one point I had a computer, a VCR and a car which all required this in order to reach peak performance. But on balance, I wouldn't call that munting, because the effect was more... subtle. What can I say. It's a subtle word, with many shades…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:50:52 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243451#post243451 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243451#post243451 munting it back into place

Ah, percussive maintenance.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:31:42 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243448#post243448 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243448#post243448 quite an achievement :)

Ok, but we have a non-zero sample of people who have achieved it now, right? So is it time to stop with the eye-rolling yet?

FWIW, I've always associated "munted" more with the act that produced the breakage – "to munt" being something like the application…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:27:04 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243445#post243445 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243445#post243445 This year, when Bob Parker used in the sort of circumstances where a more formal term might have been expected, it gained a new level of meaning, expressing that things are too bad to be polite about.
Like for example this piece of fawning Dear Leaderism. Whether or not it's…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:24:19 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243442#post243442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243442#post243442 I've always thought that munted differs from broken not so much in the suddenness as in the pointlessness of repair.

+1

utterly rooted, if you will

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:17:40 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243441#post243441 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243441#post243441 hand on heart, I didn’t encounter it

quite an achievement :)

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:16:27 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243440#post243440 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243440#post243440 munted (meaning broken) for years but it had not greater or lesser significance than a dozen or so other words I might have chosen. This year, when Bob Parker used in the sort of circumstances where a more formal term might have been expected, it gained a new… ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:05:55 +1300 Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243389#post243389 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243389#post243389 I've only ever heard munted used in the meaning of really drunk. As in

Jim was totally munted last night.

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:52:22 +1300 Isaac Freeman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243388#post243388 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243388#post243388 munted differs from broken not so much in the suddenness as in the pointlessness of repair. It's much like a write-off but with more emotional intensity. ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:49:25 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243385#post243385 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243385#post243385 Think about how you have a perfectly good cup and your drop it and it ends up in a million pieces.

It's Munted.

Importantly I suspect it is the sudden impact of the drop that gives munted it's joyousness in this context. IMHO the correct context..

Wabi Sabi on the…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:42:20 +1300 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243384#post243384 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243384#post243384 it was in nearly every TV news story, let alone online discussions, etc

OK, so not regional then, but hand on heart, I didn’t encounter it. I don’t really watch TV, and it probably wouldn’t strike me as a particularly standout choice of wording in online discussion, if I read…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:42:18 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243379#post243379 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243379#post243379 that special use case didn’t necessarily filter this far north...?

it was in nearly every TV news story, let alone online discussions, etc

Just “munted” didn’t really resonate with me at all.

fair enough

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:32:21 +1300 Heather Gaye https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243377#post243377 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243377#post243377 I also didn’t think to associate “munted” specifically with #eqnz either.

Is it a regional thing? Like – perhaps the people of Christchurch claimed it in a notable way, but that special use case didn’t necessarily filter this far north…? I vaguely remember hearing Bob Parker’s statement, but it didn’t…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:28:56 +1300 Isaac Freeman https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243368#post243368 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243368#post243368 munted as a teenager, until I heard someone say it had its origin as a term of racial abuse in South Africa. I now know that's somewhat doubtful, but perhaps that idea had a role in the history of its usage. That is, perhaps there… ]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:09:25 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243363#post243363 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243363#post243363 Anecdata point: I am as middle-class as they come (I grew up on the Shore, for goodness' sake) and I am equally puzzled by munted being on the list because I've been using it forever.

And I can lay claim to growing up in Karori in the 1980s.

I've been…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:01:31 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243336#post243336 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243336#post243336 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:40:28 +1300 Greg Dawson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243335#post243335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243335#post243335 it’s that it had a particular resonance this year in the context of #eqnz.

I'm with Matthew – the entire fricking year is munted, not just #eqnz.

The sheer weight of meaning taken for granted within the hashtag #eqnz is munted. Japan leaking radioactivity into the pacific is munted. America…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:32:25 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243332#post243332 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243332#post243332 The point isn’t that munted is new — and I don't think it carries any great weight of class either — it’s that it had a particular resonance this year in the context of #eqnz.
I engaged in a discussion about munted many years ago, 3 out of 6 were…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 08:22:13 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243328#post243328 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243328#post243328 Anecdata point: I am as middle-class as they come (I grew up on the Shore, for goodness’ sake) and I am equally puzzled by munted being on the list because I’ve been using it forever.

Dude, I personally explained “munter” to Kim Hill on the radio some years before the…

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:55:26 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243326#post243326 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243326#post243326 the Shore

a whole nother layer :)

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:47:11 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243324#post243324 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243324#post243324 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:39:17 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243320#post243320 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243320#post243320 The best next (cover) version of Bourgeois Blues.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCC6_3QwXOc

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:31:33 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243318#post243318 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243318#post243318 Just a shame that it wasn't the 'right kind' of sub-culture.

It wasn't the left kind of subculture either as regards "munted": it is rather bourgeois.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqBULN0hZ1g

]]> Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:25:05 +1300 Tamsin6 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243317#post243317 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243317#post243317 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:24:46 +1300 Matthew Littlewood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243269#post243269 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243269#post243269 very 2011. And it is fascinating how certain words did take on resonance… ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:12:35 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243264#post243264 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243264#post243264 munty from time to time, meaning "mean as" or "fuckoff big". ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:04:59 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243263#post243263 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243263#post243263 Munted embraces the lack of beauty and love involved
in the natural processes we have endured…

Yes. And thanks for wabi-sabi. Nice concept.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:00:40 +1300 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243262#post243262 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243262#post243262 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:52:19 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243241#post243241 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243241#post243241 as they say in Oz...
The word “munted” will endure for all eternity
A real legacy would be – renaming Everest as Mount Ed
thereby making a mountain out of a Hillary...
(oops, I sense a sherpa tensing...)

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:32:48 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243235#post243235 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243235#post243235 Of course. But it is a word that found its destiny in 2011.

The word "munted" will endure for all eternity – the policy imperative's pursued by the so called left and right, with out any regard to what is the best thing to do – will ensure it.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:21:24 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243231#post243231 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243231#post243231 now and zen...
The thing with “munted” is it kind of sums up a lot of different sorts of bent, broken, burst, buried, flooded, fallen down, cracked, cut off, subsided, and not functioning.
...and carries on into the uncharted regions,
where wabi-sabi tapers off...
"[Wabi-sabi] nurtures all that is authentic…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:01:59 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243226#post243226 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243226#post243226 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:25:36 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243224#post243224 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243224#post243224 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:16:08 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243222#post243222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243222#post243222 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:08:31 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243218#post243218 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243218#post243218 became an essential word to describe a state that had suddenly appeared

The thing with “munted” is it kind of sums up a lot of different sorts of bent, broken, burst, buried, flooded, fallen down, cracked, cut off, subsided, and not functioning. It’s a good word when you’re at a…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:55:33 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243213#post243213 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243213#post243213 It moved beyond jokey slang and became an essential word to describe a state that had suddenly appeared, in need of an adjective.

Dare I say it became middle class?

Now, we can't have that here... can we?.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:44:48 +1300 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243211#post243211 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243211#post243211 It’s about the word not the personality.

Word.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:37:03 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243208#post243208 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243208#post243208 I really can’t work out the fuss about ‘munted’. It’s not as though it’s a new word for 2011, spontaneously springing from the rubble of Christchurch. It has been around for at least 20 years to my knowledge.

You could make a similar argument about almost every word on the…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:26:42 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243202#post243202 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243202#post243202 It's about the word not the personality

bunga bunga

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:15:07 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243199#post243199 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243199#post243199 Russell, could you list the nominees in the post?

It's about the word not the personality. Jeez, anybody would think this were the general election.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:07:47 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243198#post243198 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243198#post243198 The similarly frequent and #eqnz-linked “kia kaha” seems less fondly remembered here.

it might have been frequent (I don't actually think it was as frequent) but it didn't have the longevity, and Word of the Year favours things that were either recent or persistent. Kia kaha didn't resonate down here…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:05:02 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243197#post243197 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243197#post243197 I have to admit, I hadn't associated "munted" particularly with #eqnz until this thread.

I don't even.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:58:31 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243196#post243196 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243196#post243196 I’m quite surprised by that. I mean, when Bob Parker uses it …

See, there's someone I don't pay a lot of attention to right there.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:55:09 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243194#post243194 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243194#post243194 Whoa, I didn’t read that into Steve’s comment at all. I have to admit, I hadn’t associated “munted” particularly with #eqnz until this thread.

I'm quite surprised by that. I mean, when Bob Parker uses it ...

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:52:48 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243193#post243193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243193#post243193 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:52:16 +1300 James Butler https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243192#post243192 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243192#post243192 Steve, seriously, while we were digging our arses out of liquifaction, cooking in our garages and crapping in our gardens, we were also supposed to invent a new word to describe the situation? Sorry we didn’t live up to your standards.

Whoa, I didn't read that into Steve's comment at…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:49:31 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243187#post243187 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243187#post243187 I really can’t work out the fuss about ‘munted’. It’s not as though it’s a new word for 2011, spontaneously springing from the rubble of Christchurch. It has been around for at least 20 years to my knowledge.

Steve, seriously, while we were digging our arses out of liquifaction, cooking…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:37:30 +1300 Gareth Davidson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243183#post243183 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243183#post243183 new word of the year. Otherwise it'd be a bit like awarding NZer of the year to a baby born in 2011... ]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:32:24 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243180#post243180 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243180#post243180 I really can’t work out the fuss about ‘munted’. It’s not as though it’s a new word for 2011, spontaneously springing from the rubble of Christchurch. It has been around for at least 20 years to my knowledge.

Of course. But it is a word that found its destiny in…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:24:00 +1300 Steve Cooke https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243173#post243173 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243173#post243173 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:12:54 +1300 David R https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243172#post243172 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243172#post243172 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:12:53 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243160#post243160 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243160#post243160 Fracking and Phone hacking have full stops at the end.

Is it something to do with lit raytion? Rye ming slang?

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:53:20 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243109#post243109 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243109#post243109 Ooooh. STV :)

Heh.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:58:39 +1300 Rob Stowell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243106#post243106 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243106#post243106 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:55:40 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243035#post243035 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243035#post243035 Russell, could you list the nominees in the post?

Good call. Doing that now.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:29:46 +1300 Dee Morgan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243029#post243029 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243029#post243029 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:25:24 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243000#post243000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=243000#post243000 "hash ar double-yew see twenty eleven"

not much creativity or wit involved though

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:56:39 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242994#post242994 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242994#post242994 Russell, could you list the nominees in the post?

It would make it easier to consider before voting.

What he said.

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:51:02 +1300 Ben McNicoll https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242992#post242992 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242992#post242992 Russell, could you list the nominees in the post?

It would make it easier to consider before voting.

Unless I've missed the official nominee announcement somewhere?

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:41:49 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242991#post242991 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242991#post242991 That's a good selection of words. My voting criteria – I look at words that have burst into popular culture in 2011 with a distinct new meaning, and that have a life offline as well as online.

As we have three hashtags in the list now, I wonder if there…

]]> Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:41:36 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242988#post242988 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242988#post242988 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:30:44 +1300 Ross Mason https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242987#post242987 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242987#post242987 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:29:46 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242986#post242986 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242986#post242986 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:28:10 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242985#post242985 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2011-the-vote/?p=242985#post242985 Discussion from blog post.

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