Australian WOTY nominees (Macquarie)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

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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