Macquarie WOTY 2010 nominees
Ben Zimmer
bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Wed Jan 5 03:36:05 UTC 2011
Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) has opened up its WOTY voting in the
usual variety of categories. Nominees follow below -- click on the
link for definitions.
Smart money for the overall winner is probably on "vuvuzela," but I'm
most intrigued by "mamil," an acronym for "middle-aged men in lycra."
(Def: "a man who takes up cycling as a pursuit during middle age,
especially one who makes this a lifestyle statement by acquiring the
accoutrements of a professional cyclist such as the most modern and
powerful form of bicycle, lycra clothing, etc.")
http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/anonymous@919E299171768/-/p/dict/WOTY10/WOTY10.html
Agriculture
aquaponics
fertigate
grass fever
mosaic irrigation
weed hygiene
zebra chip disease
Art, Literature, Theatre
chillwave
fire sculpture
outback gothic
shockumentary
tart noir
Business
black swan event
cube farm
Goldilocks economy
low hanging fruit
presenteeism
quantitative easing
Colloquial
bunta
derp
eshay lad
gym bunny
janky
tmoz
Communications
ad creep
astroturf marketing
fauxmance
masstige
Pechu Kucha
street journalism
Computing
affective computing
alternate reality game
data hygiene
email fatigue
googleganger
wet signature
Crops
acai berry
African mahogany
angel peach
jatropha
karaka berry
superfood
Eating and Drinking
chai latte
extreme beer
plate up
preload
redbush tea
screwage
Environment
acoustic ecology
climate velocity
flying cane toad
precycle
SOLE food
toad golf
Fashion
brand slut
koala ears
oxygen facial
prole drift
skin needling
vajazzle
General Interest
buddymoon
cargo bike
dragon's teeth
life list
vuvuzela
Health
Asian paradox
bariatrics
genomic library
binge listening
chia
virion
Internet
camel case
mobile web
ego-surf
freemium
landing page
martyrdom video
Politics
agroterrorism
backchannel
sandbagging
superprofit
survivalist
urbiculture
Psychology
active ageing
biocentrism
blink kissing
sundowner syndrome
charismatic megafauna
neurosexism
Social Interest
bus scroll
fertility tourism
mamil
meow meow
natural burial ground
self-gift
Sport
age fraud
bum board
horseball
rail trail
spot-betting
stand-up paddleboard
Technology
lowbat
metamaterial
mobile speed camera
pocket-dial
precommitment technology
trace portal machine
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Ben Zimmer
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