Australians voting on words

Carol

I wonder if Kangeroo and Island Girl have a view.

"Are you suffering from password fatigue? Ever considered manscaping? Do you know any tanorexics?
These phrases and more are contenders in an online vote organised by Australia's Macquarie Dictionary to select the Word of the Year 2007"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7180618.stm

http://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/anonymous@A384755840/-/p/dict/WOTY07/index.html?

There are some great words in the categories, you really should look at the Australian dictionary site.

Mad Doctor Dribble

Hmm, apparently, I could very well be a credit card tart ... I deny all accusations made against me. I never saw any tart. I don't like tarts ... except maybe for apple tarts ... hmmm, applleeee taaarrts ...(dribble, dribble)

Carol

From Media: lamestream
Colloquial –noun 1. the traditional media providing news and entertainment, viewed as lacking the originality and daring of the blogosphere.
–adjective 2. of or relating to such traditional media. [lame + (main)stream]

COLLOQUIALISMS
floordrobe
noun Colloquial (humorous) a floor littered with discarded clothes, viewed ironically as a clothing storage system. [floor + (war)drobe]

ONLINE
cyber cheating
noun 1. plagiarism of material sourced on the internet.
2. engagement in an online romance, the conduct of which constitutes unfaithfulness to one's spouse or lover.

FASHION
manscaping
noun a grooming procedure in which hair is shaved or trimmed from a man's body, as from the back, legs, chest, genitals, etc. [man + (land)scap(e) + -ing]

There are many more!

Friday

Apparently Manscaping (see Fashion above) has been chosen as the word of 2007, according to the BBC.

Island Girl

It's a little bit scary but I thought many of those words were already common terms. Equine influenza, for example, has had major coverage here of late. You can't transport horses across the state border and it almost wiped out the November Melbourne Cup.

Kangaroo

I've heard of some of them, manscaping is a new one though!

Carol

Apparently the voting goes on until the 31 st January, so the last BBC report obviously got ahead of itself for a moment.

I had a look at the words in the catogories, and some were being used now, others I'd not come across before- so must have been usual to Australia. Floordrobe for example.

Mutley

I like floordrobe, I might introduce it in conversation in our house to see if anyone spots it.

Manscape on the other hand ought to have a meaning of a view of lots of men, like landscape but without the land.

cooper

Floordrobe is my favourite too. My lodger has one in his room!

Carol

My kids do too.