Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Word of the Year 2014: The Vote https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333774#post333774 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333774#post333774 You’ll get your cake when you complete the initiation process. Sacha will explain the details. It’s nothing to worry about, although you might want to bring a change of clothes.

I'm not sure if cake is a step up or a step down from a toaster oven. Craig?

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2014 17:02:43 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333643#post333643 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333643#post333643 I’m curious: is there a base? Does all of it belong to us?

Who rigs every Oscar night? We do! We do!

]]> Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:25:32 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333618#post333618 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333618#post333618 rearguard action...
WOTY “seems to have become a partisan exercise
in political point scoring.”
That's so true, and what did the poor 'Right' ever do to us to deserve that, eh?
This joyless Dexter Division dearth will be the death of us....
It does get in,
porous....

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:32:07 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333617#post333617 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333617#post333617 In my experience, a full latex onesie is advisable.

This is never, ever true.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:15:16 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333616#post333616 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333616#post333616 In my experience, a full latex onesie is advisable.

Unconfirmed photo of PAS Great Blend.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:35:59 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333615#post333615 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333615#post333615 So meta.

Wow, indeed it is. And I was like...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbOx8TyvUmI

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 13:31:06 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333614#post333614 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333614#post333614 ... you might want to bring a change of clothes.

In my experience, a full latex onesie is advisable.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:52:01 +1300 Lilith __ https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333613#post333613 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333613#post333613 PAS irregulars .

Obsessed partisan politics, dude? Bring it on.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:45:34 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333612#post333612 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333612#post333612 As a new member of Russell Brown’s troops (though I never took his shilling), I’m curious: is there a base? Does all of it belong to us? Will there be cake or is that a lie?

You'll get your cake when you complete the initiation process. Sacha will explain the…

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 12:05:22 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333611#post333611 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333611#post333611 WOTY “seems to have become a partisan exercise in political point scoring.”

Brilliant.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:26:29 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333610#post333610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333610#post333610 Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:19:55 +1300 Soon Lee https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333609#post333609 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333609#post333609 Well hey, I just got namechecked. Thanks, Pete, does this mean that I am now world famous in New Zealand? Achievement unlocked?

As a new member of Russell Brown's troops (though I never took his shilling), I'm curious: is there a base? Does all of it belong to us? Will…

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:07:35 +1300 Alfie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333608#post333608 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333608#post333608 Selfie /ˈselfē/ (n) A state of mind experienced by those who find themselves in the unfortunate position of being the sole commenter on their own blogs. ]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:49:58 +1300 Soon Lee https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333607#post333607 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333607#post333607 I note that his word of the year is "selfie" which coincidentally is Oxford Dictionary's Word of the Year.

In 2013.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 10:03:31 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333606#post333606 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333606#post333606 I’d just like you all to know that Pete George is very disappointed in you and your chosen words and feels that WOTY “seems to have become a partisan exercise in political point scoring.”

Priceless.

]]> Sat, 13 Dec 2014 09:28:33 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333599#post333599 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333599#post333599 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:17:14 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333598#post333598 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333598#post333598 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 20:13:01 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333597#post333597 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333597#post333597 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 19:48:36 +1300 Felix Geiringer https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333596#post333596 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333596#post333596 I reckon they should share.
I'm annoyed I was beaten to refute.
Anyway, I've now voted. Once for each of my email addresses. That's allowed, yeah? :-)

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:44:15 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333594#post333594 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333594#post333594 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 18:21:49 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333590#post333590 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333590#post333590 GoProactive
I’m curious too as to what the opposite would be...
of that provocative relationship...
– inert share?
– staticstasy?
– passive civility?
– conjuggle rites?

Liturgid love...
"he may be in the same songbook,
but he's just not into hymns..."

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 16:02:55 +1300 Brent Jackson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333583#post333583 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333583#post333583 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:52:03 +1300 giovanni tiso https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333582#post333582 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333582#post333582 Got to be Whaledump

I was sorely tempted, but I think Slater would see it as a personal victory. Although I guess he would also see #dirtypolitics as a personal victory.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:46:59 +1300 Sue https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333579#post333579 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333579#post333579 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:32:12 +1300 Alistair McBride https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333577#post333577 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333577#post333577 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 13:10:22 +1300 Mark Cubey https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333569#post333569 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333569#post333569 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:14:26 +1300 Chris Waugh https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333567#post333567 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333567#post333567 My problem with Ebola is that it has killed only a few thousand this year. By contrast

By contrast.... many diseases, including 'flu. This ebola outbreak reminds me a lot of SARS – except that ebola isn't actually new and it is a lot more deadly than SARS. But still,…

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 12:01:17 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333564#post333564 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333564#post333564 I think it just has to be a big word or concept for 2014. Ebola’s a good example – it’s been around in the 70s but took off

Ebola hasn't touched New Zealanders in an immediate sense: it's still a story about "overseas" on the foreign segment of the news.…

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:53:12 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333562#post333562 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333562#post333562 I think it just has to be a big word or concept for 2014. Ebola’s a good example – it’s been around in the 70s but took off, I hate to say virally, following the outbreak this year in West Africa. What makes it a WOTY contender for me is… ]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:37:18 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333558#post333558 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333558#post333558 Did you nominate them, Raymond?

Well, yeah. I can only include the words that people nominated in the discussion phase.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 11:07:12 +1300 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333557#post333557 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333557#post333557 it's really got to be a new word or concept for 2014.

I think it just has to be a big word or concept for 2014. Ebola's a good example – it's been around in the 70s but took off, I hate to say virally, following the outbreak this year…

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:47:32 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333555#post333555 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333555#post333555 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:43:11 +1300 simon g https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333551#post333551 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333551#post333551 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 10:02:31 +1300 Raymond A Francis https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333549#post333549 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333549#post333549 Intriguing that the list has a strong anti-right bias
Where is # votepositive or "only 25%" or any of the failures of the year

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:58:32 +1300 Alec Morgan https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333547#post333547 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333547#post333547 good list from popular usage, half of it could combine into a stream of consciousness mumble by dear leader in any interview.

And just to plug my also ran “FJK!”, this will feature via fabric paints on new T-shirts on the inevitable ‘rainy day at the bach’ in Jan.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:45:49 +1300 Dylan Reeve https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333546#post333546 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333546#post333546 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:44:15 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333542#post333542 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333542#post333542 I'd say Gio got there first.

Yeah, that's my take. It didn't really make sense to have multiple versions of the phrase, to I sett;ed on the hashtag one.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:26:59 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333541#post333541 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333541#post333541 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:25:23 +1300 Hebe https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333540#post333540 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333540#post333540 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:16:54 +1300 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333539#post333539 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333539#post333539 Hmmm... how to vote?

Theres about five I want to nominate for second or third, and none that are clearly #1 ahead of the others...

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:11:06 +1300 Andre https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333538#post333538 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333538#post333538 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:08:10 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333537#post333537 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/hard-news-word-of-the-year-2014-the-vote/?p=333537#post333537 Discussion from blog post.

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