Macquarie WOTY 2010 nominees

[Jonathan Lighter]

My nominee for 2011:  CNN has started running a series of silly,
publicity-grabbing news stories called

RIDICULIST

JL
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:36 PM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu>wrote:

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> Macquarie Dictionary (Australia) has opened up its WOTY voting in the
> usual variety of categories. Nominees follow below -- click on the
> link for definitions.
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> 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.")
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> http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/anonymous@919E299171768/-/p/dict/WOTY10/WOTY10.html
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>
> 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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