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| Burqini: Australia's word of the year |
| 2012-01-22 |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #3 Other candidates for made up Australian Words included; Billabonk: Passionate sex by a waterhole; and Dodgeridoo: A fake indigenous artifact. |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2012-01-22 20:54 |
| #2 The winner in 2009 was shovel-ready, used by politicians for government projects they claimed could get going immediately. Ah, the snark. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2012-01-22 20:08 |
| #1 Women in the Middle East however, are seeing the choice as an attack, albeit sarcastic, on the clothes worn by Muslim women to enjoy their time in the water. Ya think? Normally, if someone were to be found in the water in some kind of sack, it would soon be followed by a murder investigation. I can't imagine this being comfortable or convenient in any way, unless you have no natural defense against exposure to sunlight or you are worried about honor killings. |
| Posted by: gorb 2012-01-22 14:34 |