Tag: WOTY
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Australian Word of the Year 2016
Democracy sausage has been named Australian Word of the Year 2016. Democracy sausage: A barbecued sausage served on a slice of bread, bought at a polling booth sausage sizzle on election day. The Australian National Dictionary Centre, based at The Australian National University, selected democracy sausage because of its increased prominence in Australia in a…
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Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year
After much discussion, debate, and research, the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year 2016 is post-truth – an adjective defined as ‘relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief’. Why was this chosen? The concept of post-truth has been in…
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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,…