Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

The winner this year is much less stunt-wordy than "pod slurping" and
other previous selections -- they went with "toxic debt" this time.

http://business.smh.com.au/business/rare-praise-for-noxious-new-expression-20090203-7wsp.html


On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
>
> I should note that Macqaurie's WOTY is not explicitly marked as
> Australian, so I presume they're casting their net to include any
> English-language neologisms they come across. Some might recall their
> selection for 2007, "pod slurping" ('the downloading of large
> quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick from a computer').
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Geoffrey Nunberg
> <nunberg at ischool.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Gee, this is pretty disappointing. You think of Oz you think of all
>> that hearty slang like 'bogan', 'tin-arsed', 'bludger', ''within cooee
>> of' and such like, but this is all stunt words & media portmanteaux. I
>> did have hopes for 'toad buster' but then I looked it up and
>> discovered it just means somebody who busts toads.
>>
>> Geoff
>>
>>> From: Benjamin Zimmer <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
>>> Date: January 6, 2009 6:36:14 PM PST
>>> Subject: Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)
>>>
>>>
>>> Macquarie Dictionary <http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/> has
>>> opened up their WOTY voting. As usual, they've got a ton of
>>> categories, and the overall WOTY will be selected from the winners by
>>> category. Nominees listed below -- see the Macquarie site for
>>> definitions.
>>>
>>>
>>> ENTERTAINMENT
>>> machinima
>>> mockbuster
>>> webcom
>>> car crash TV
>>> verbatim theatre
>>>
>>> BUSINESS
>>> animateur
>>> moral hazard
>>> freeconomics
>>> GFC
>>> toxic debt
>>>
>>> COLLOQUIAL
>>> toad buster
>>> bromance
>>> fanta pants
>>> bff
>>> dub-a-dub-dub
>>>
>>> COMMUNICATIONS
>>> internet roaming
>>> lifestreaming
>>> QR code
>>> sexting
>>> textaholic
>>>
>>> ECOLOGY
>>> bioplastic
>>> ecocentrism
>>> ecolabel
>>> ecotheology
>>> conservation tillage
>>>
>>> ENVIRONMENT
>>> bioethanol
>>> global commons
>>> guerilla gardener
>>> plastic soup
>>> water footprint
>>>
>>> FASHION
>>> ear gauging
>>> lace eyelashes
>>> mouth grills
>>> pimp cup
>>> scene kid
>>>
>>> EATING AND DRINKING
>>> black tomato
>>> guerilla dining
>>> kiwi berry
>>> shisha tobacco
>>> yuzu
>>>
>>> GENERAL INTEREST
>>> Wii shoulder
>>> nomophobia
>>> twitterverse
>>> sugging
>>> shwopping
>>>
>>> GENETICS
>>> directional selection
>>> divorce gene
>>> hybrid embryo
>>> saviour sibling
>>> supergene
>>>
>>> HEALTH
>>> baby brain
>>> bionic eye
>>> brain bank
>>> dysthymia
>>> personal medical alarm
>>>
>>> INTERNET
>>> celeblog
>>> click-and-mortar
>>> extreme programming
>>> linkbait
>>> lolcat
>>>
>>> LAW
>>> Brendan's law
>>> collaborative law
>>> lawfare
>>> patent troll
>>> transformative justice
>>>
>>> POLITICS
>>> climate porn
>>> pod person
>>> climate wars
>>> environmental equity
>>> wholesale politics
>>>
>>> SOCIAL INTEREST
>>> bullycide
>>> celebutard
>>> fur child
>>> generation Z
>>> helicopter parenting
>>>
>>> SPECIALIST
>>> water splitting
>>> mirror matter
>>> audiation
>>> GIS
>>> Torino scale
>>>
>>> SPORT
>>> chess boxing
>>> chicken-wing tackle
>>> adventure running
>>> roller trainer
>>> tunnelling
>>>
>>> TECHNOLOGY
>>> uberveillance
>>> electronic whiteboard
>>> fire cam
>>> PODS
>>> terminator technology
>>>
>>> TOURISM
>>> connoisseur tourism
>>> flashpacker
>>> granny season
>>> film tourism
>>> wellness tourism
>>

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