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2007 word of the year: vote now
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by Rob Peters | January 10, 2008 at 09:28 am
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How about "NowPublicized?"
We'd love to hear some of our contributors' suggestions, which will be much better than that. Please NowPublicize them below in the comments section.
Or you can also follow the lead of our own Ryan Nadel and submit a mugshot of you and your vote.
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.
Seventeen categories contain a total of 85 words from which voters can choose.
Options include globesity - the problem of rising obesity around the globe - and floordrobe - the use of the floor as a substitute wardrobe.
Several of the new words relate to advances in technology.
Pod slurping is described as the practice of downloading large quantities of data to an MP3 player or memory stick from a computer.
Griefers, meanwhile, are players who deliberately sabotage online computer games instead of abiding by the rules.
Other words represent new definitions for old concepts.
Kippers are adult children who fail to leave home - a contraction of Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.
Voting closes on January 31. Australia's Word of the Year 2007 is scheduled to be announced in the first week of February.
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at 11:15 on January 10th, 2008
For a while I was calling our contributors "NowPublicans", but it didn't stick... so now I call them "contributors".
at 11:39 on January 10th, 2008
Well if Now Public readers only cut and paste a story with little of their own input, then I would think Now Public "Monkey Blogger", because let's face, trained Monkeys can cut and paste.
If someone cut and pastes a story and/or provides an Opinion on the story/event, then call them a Now Public Opinionator
If someone reports on a story Live, then a Now Public Reporter would be in order.
If someone provides Humour or entertainment on a topic relevant in todays society, then a Now Public Humourist or Satirist would apply.
If someone reports on a story, full of typos, bad grammar, bad speiller , thenThey should be called Now Public "Barry Artiste" Esquire "Crappe Deux"
If someone cuts and pastes a story and provides actual Opinion based on their own working experience on the topic, such as expert witness on the Topic, or provides previous news stories related to the story in question, then a Now Public Contributor should be used.
Since I have Now just listed all of these "Comments" for Now Public, I would like to be now known as a Now Public "Comment"ator.
Thank You,
Barry Artiste "Esquire" Crappe Deux.
That is my Theory, and that s true, I have another theory, Ahem, AHEM !!! a Brontasaurus is thin at one end and............
at 12:03 on January 10th, 2008
My vote? I'm and "agent of change!"
at 12:02 on January 10th, 2008
Rob Peters, you've convinced me you've done the work - it's authentic. I also think that you've been fair and thorough. I didn't get the sense that you were hiding your biases, or passing off other's work as your own. Or worse -- getting paid by those you cover -- so it's transparent and independent. I also think you deserve praise for being an eyewitness, and for your investigative efforts. Good stuff.
at 12:06 on January 10th, 2008
If someone reports on a story , that he just copied from his own Blog, then he avoids to be "Opinion"
My Positioning proposal to Jordan, why not using shortform "NOWPUBLICS" the information Supermarket
at 12:20 on January 10th, 2008
Actually, I like "Information Supermarket"... somehow more accurate than "Information Superhighway". ... and I'm that kid throwing stuff down from the shelves whilst the intercom intones, "Cleanup on Aisle Four"...
at 12:14 on January 10th, 2008
SQUID (motorcycle lingo)
at 15:36 on January 10th, 2008
We had a leaving lunch for a couple of colleagues who have worked with the organisation in different ways over the last 16 years.
This was one of the word games, which we won, of course. Look out scrabulous fans.
mercy loving criminal has contributed a photo to this story.
at 16:26 on January 10th, 2008
I like Kippers.
at 23:47 on August 18th, 2008
Let me just add to the comments...
...how about "drunk-blogging", aptly to describe blogging amidst inebriation?