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Sharing Economy – the term that defines 2015
Sharing economy v. An economic system based on sharing of access to goods, resources, and services, typically by means of the Internet. The term sharing economy has been named Australia’s 2015 word of the year. The Australian National Dictionary Centre, based at The Australian National University (ANU), selected sharing economy due to its increased prominence…
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The Australian 2014 Word of the Year: ‘Shirtfront’
Each year the Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) looks for a word that has come to prominence in the Australian social and cultural landscape; this year the ANDC Word of the Year is: shirtfront – in figurative use, to challenge or confront a person. It is transferred from a term used in Australian Rules football,…