As if the world doesn't have enough words AUSTRALIA appears to be continuing to invent words and phrases to reflect modern society and is holding a competition to see which should succeed. Here are a selection of some of the entries - with a few additional nominations.
Perhaps these will become part of our everyday language at some point in the future...albeit for some in many, many years time.
- SMIRTING - developed as a consequence of the smoking ban... "Smirting" meaning chatting up a fellow smoker while having a sneaky puff outside: "Smoking + Flirting = SMIRTING".
- BOSSTALGIA - nostalgia for the old boss when you've forgotten what a nightmare they were: see Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair et al.
- CARBON PAW PRINT - this is what is left by owners taking their dogs - in cars - to the park for a walk.
- MONKEY BATH - a bath so hot, that when lowering yourself in, you go: "Oo! Oo! Ho! Aa!Aa!Aa!".
- MOUSE POTATO - the on-line, wired generation's answer to the couch potato.
- WIINJURY - injury sustained whilst playing on a Nintento wii.
- GADGETRICIAN - one who embraces new technology and the host of new gadgets it brings.
- SPROGINATOR - derived from terminator - child with tendency to destroy best laid plans.
- PLEATHER - e.g. cheap leather 'look' handbags that are made of plastic.
- PICNIC - Problem In Chair Not In Computer. Often seen on IT help-desk reports.
- GLOBESITY - the problem of rising obesity around the globe.
- FLOORDROBE - the use of the floor as a substitute wardrobe.
- PASSWORD FATIGUE - Frustration caused by having too many passwords and failing to remember them.
- TANOREXIA - An obsessive desire to have tanned skin.
- CHINDIA - refers to China and India as a collective unit, in terms of economic power and strategic importance.
- KIPPERS - adult children who fail to leave home - a contraction of Kids In Parents' Pockets Eroding Retirement Savings.
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