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Hard News: The Public Address Word of the Year 2013

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  • Matthew Reid,

    Ubuntu. A great word that will become better known now Obama has spoken it. Not the operating system, nor the health clinic in Khayelitsha, a huge township of Cape Town.

    South Africa • Since Nov 2006 • 80 posts Report Reply

  • Ross Mason,

    Leak.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply

  • JessicaRose,

    Clictivism? Passive activism by liking things on facebook. Admittedly I haven't heard this overused yet.

    Auckland • Since Sep 2011 • 61 posts Report Reply

  • Emma Hart, in reply to JessicaRose,

    Clictivism?

    I have to admit, I initially misread that.

    Christchurch • Since Nov 2006 • 4651 posts Report Reply

  • Russell Brown, in reply to Emma Hart,

    I have to admit, I initially misread that.

    You're not the only one.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 22850 posts Report Reply

  • Lilith __,

    I'm really keen on Twitter Aunties (#twitteraunties) because it's a local movement using social media to bring people and resources together, as if by magic. Not to overlook the huge amount of work it's been for Jackie and the other Aunties, but this is a contemporary phenomenon. Traditional methods would simply not have worked like this.

    Dunedin • Since Jul 2010 • 3895 posts Report Reply

  • Ross Mason, in reply to Russell Brown,

    You’re not the only one.

    3.

    "Houston. We have a problem."

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Aston,

    Yeah ... nah

    Northland • Since Nov 2006 • 510 posts Report Reply

  • Lyndon Hood,

    headdesk? Not the word as such, just for its usefulness as a one-word 2013-in-review.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 1115 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Grevers,

    Slacktavism - more commonly heard term meaning the same as clicktavism.

    New Plymouth • Since Jul 2011 • 143 posts Report Reply

  • Richard Grevers,

    "Perfect Season" seemed to dominate last month

    New Plymouth • Since Jul 2011 • 143 posts Report Reply

  • Kumara Republic,

    "A polite call to the advertisers".

    The southernmost capital … • Since Nov 2006 • 5446 posts Report Reply

  • Sue,

    twerking
    and Lorde

    does a Person count as a word, becuase so
    Lorde

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 527 posts Report Reply

  • Sj, in reply to bob daktari,

    + 100 for Feminism and for Lorde, who has helped to bring it back this year - and how!

    Belmont • Since May 2012 • 17 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Sue,

    royalty counts

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sue,

    +1 for penis beaker
    it was one night of glorious fun watching it travel around the internet

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 527 posts Report Reply

  • Samuel Scott, in reply to Stephen R,

    Ha, no just a typo. But Wegege is pretty good.

    South Wellington • Since Feb 2008 • 315 posts Report Reply

  • Ross Mason,

    Penis Beaker.

    The beaker part is pure science. So in the interests of science and some bedside experimenting.......

    For those who question shall we say - the 6 inch or 12 inch Sub - one could use such a device to carry out Archimedes experiment and thus discover the volume of said Sub.

    I know, it's sinking it to the depths...

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply

  • Ross Mason,

    Mandela.

    Upper Hutt • Since Jun 2007 • 1590 posts Report Reply

  • DexterX,

    For word of the year try "Report".

    There have been so many disasters, failures, in most spheres or "governance" – all that happens is there is another report in response and no solution or change in policy.

    Novapay, The Dunny Leak, The ongoing privacy failures, The Bain Report, The further report on the Bain report, The Len Saga, the Police were waiting for one etc, etc

    Also I am sad that First Citizen, Mr Wow himself, John (in the key of awesome) Key wasn't time magazine's person of the year. I needed to share it somewhere.

    Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 1224 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Judd,

    I'd like "meeting in the Ngati Whatua room" to become our local "discussing the Ugandan situation."

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

  • Maxine Campbell,

    Learnings.

    There's a lesson in there somewhere.

    Hamilton • Since Dec 2006 • 10 posts Report Reply

  • Stephen Judd,

    Also, I have so many feels about these words.

    FEELS.

    Wellington • Since Nov 2006 • 3122 posts Report Reply

  • ChrisW,

    Botulism.

    So many of the above seem to be of the moment rather than the year, alternatively old if not perennial, but botulism seems one to savour, so to speak, for 2013.

    Gisborne • Since Apr 2009 • 851 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to ChrisW,

    #twitteraunties is at least six months old........

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

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