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Now, is your chance to select the People's Choice Word of the Year 2021 for the Macquarie Dictionary. The Macquarie Dictionary is the official dictionary of Australian English.
As usual, in the Word of the Year contests of major dictionaries, the press and esteemed linguistic societies, the list of competing terms is just as interesting as the winner of them all. Below, the list of candidates, from which you might select your top three, for the People’s Choice Macquarie WOTY 2021. This year the Macquarie will post the People’s Choice WOTY, together with the Dictionary’s Committee results, on November 30th.
List (extracted)
- brain tickler: noun colloquial, a nasopharyngeal swab, used for
COVID 19 testing.
- brick-bait: noun, a strategy designed to encourage customers to
shop at bricks-and-mortar rather than online, as by providing personalized
service, pleasant surrounding etc.
- delta: noun, variant (B.1.672.2) of the coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID 19.
- dignity suit: noun, adaptive clothing in the form of a jumpsuit,
elasticized at the waist with a sip in the back, designed to prevent the wearer
from undressing, especially designed for people living with dementia, Alzheimer’s
disease etc.
- dry scooping: verb, the practice of ingesting dry pre-workout
supplements or protein powder, without mixing with water or milk as directed.
- dump cake: noun, a cake which is prepared by combining the
ingredients directly in the tin or dish in which it is baked.
- front-stab: verb(t) colloquial, to betray (someone) openly,
without subterfuge.
- hate-follow: verb (t) Internet, to link oneself (to a site on a
social network), even though one dislikes, or disagrees with the content being
shared.
- humane washing: verb, the misleading marketing of a product sourced
from animals, deceptively giving the impression that the animals have been
treated humanely.
- last chance tourism: noun, tourism to locations with endangered landscapes
or geographical features, or which are habitats for endangered species
- menty-b: noun
colloquial, a breakdown of one’s mental health.
- NFT: noun, non fungible token, a unique digital
certificate, which uses blockchain technology to certify ownership, authenticity
or scarcity of digital asset, such as a digital image, video, tweet, domain name etc.
- porch pirate: noun colloquial, a person who steals parcels
which have been left outside a home by a deliverer.
- range anxiety: noun, the stress experience by the driver of an
electric vehicle when they are unsure of reaching their destination, or a
recharging point before the vehicle’s battery runs out of power.
- shadow pandemic: noun, an increase in mental health problems and
domestic and family violence attributed to living with the stresses and
restrictions of the COVID 19 pandemic.
- sober curious: adjective,
having an interest in reducing one’s consumption of alcohol or in giving it up altogether.
- strollout: noun
colloquial (humorous), the rollout of
COVID 19 vaccination program in Australia, with reference to the perceived lack
of speed.
- third place: noun, the social environment where people spend
time outside of work or home, also third space.
- wokescold: verb (t),1. To rebuke (a person) for having beliefs
perceived as accepting of prejudice or discrimination; noun, 2. A person, who
issues such rebukes.
Vote here!
References
Macquarie Dictionary https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/
Macquarie
Dictionary Word of the Year 2021 https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/view/word/of/the/year/2021
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