"Olympics creating new words?" Topic
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| Mrs Pumblechook | 13 Aug 2008 11:57 p.m. PST |
Every Olympics, new words seem to be created. Namign things, or used as descrptions. eg Aussie Ian Thorpe was nicknamed the thorpedo, and with Michael Phelps, news agencies (at least here in Oz) suggested he was on a quest for 'eightness' Have you guys seen any new words? And in what context. I've seen "vegemiters" being used with Aussie link and 'freedomy', as in freedomy goodness link
any others?
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 Doms Decals  | 14 Aug 2008 5:04 a.m. PST |
Medal as a verb is getting on my nerves, as is "team GB" – is British too complicated a word…? |
| nycjadie | 14 Aug 2008 7:31 a.m. PST |
Aussies have a good number of words like that – brekky, uni, daggy, aggro, bluey, etc. Americans love to make up those corporate weasel words and phrases like game-plan, globalization, sustainability, green, etc. American scholars love to use big words. For example, phenomenen means "thing" and pragmatic means "practical". They are little more than $10 USD words. |
| mweaver | 14 Aug 2008 7:58 a.m. PST |
Urban center! When "city" or "town" just isn't sexy enough. |
Wyatt the Odd  | 14 Aug 2008 2:18 p.m. PST |
I guess we'll have to see if NBC starts using the term "eightness". For the moment, that seems to be an Aussie term – (quite good, too!) along with Vegemiters. Freedomy sounds like something someone would say in the CA boards when describing the results of having freedom forcibly imposed upon a population that wasn't ready for it. Wyatt |
| Connard Sage | 14 Aug 2008 2:28 p.m. PST |
Who needs the Olympics when you already have words like 'winningest'? Winningest, FPS |
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