The discussion has been had and I've compiled a long list of nominated words. Sorry if your favourite's not there, but I had to exercise some editorial judgement -- and the long-list is already three words longer than last year's. (It contains only two words nominated last year -- Novopay and Drone(s).)
As per previous years, you're invited below to use the forms to rank your three top words from the list, in order. Go for it -- and tell your friends. One lucky voter will win a luxury hamper from Nosh.
After the final wash-up, the first reader to propose the winning word in the discussion phase will win a luxury Nosh hamper and a $100 voucher from Whisky Galore. Plus a level of fame and bragging rights on which no sensible value can be placed.
Here's the list:
#twitteraunties
Arguably
Beersies
Berm
Big Gay Rainbow
Cabbageboat
Clictivism
Crowdfunding
Cumberbitch
Foiling
Freeview
Fuckstrating
Golden age
Lorde
Luminaries
LVR
Mandela
Marriage equality
Meta
Metadata
Mixed Ownership
Nimby
Novopay
NSA
Onesie
Panopticmonium
Penis beaker
Prism
Privacy
Drones
Bitcoin
Rape culture
Reacharound
Royals
Selfie
Shutdown
SkyCity
Slacktivism
Snowden
TPP
Twerking
Wewege
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Okay, go ...
PS: Please don't just vote for the same word first, second and third. That's not the point.