Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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


--Ben Zimmer

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