New words

precarity

Precariat is a somewhat more recent coinage than precarity but both of them are uncommon. Certainly my spellchecker rejects them both.

ZG: 2

PoliticsSue ButlerJuly 25, 2018 Comments

blazar

Blazar is derived from quasar. Could this be the beginning of a new set of words for types of quasars?

ZG: 2

ScienceSue ButlerJuly 25, 2018Comment

butt-brush effect

The butt-brush effect has been extended to cover any kind of jostling that creates negative feelings that inhibit purchasing.

ZG: 3

marketingSue ButlerJuly 15, 2018butt, bumComment

kanban

Kanban is a Japanese word meaning literally ‘sign or billboard’.

ZG: 4

marketingSue ButlerJuly 10, 2018scrum, sprintComment

laze

A blend of lava and haze.

ZG: 4

EnvironmentSue ButlerJune 30, 2018lava, hazeComment

weatherboard and iron

Our politicians are helpful contributors to the growth of Australian English.

ZG: 6

PoliticsSue ButlerJune 6, 2018weatherboard nine

raw water

Once upon a time a glass of water was the simplest, most natural thing to drink. Now it’s complicated.

ZG: 7

Food and drinkSue ButlerJune 6, 2018water, ZG 7Comment

fauxpology

The apology you make when you don’t really mean to make an apology.

ZG: 7

PoliticsSue ButlerJune 6, 2018fakeComment

tribal epistemology

Lining up truth with collective wishful thinking.

ZG: 5

SocietySue ButlerJune 6, 2018Comment

golden coffee

How many more kinds of coffee can we have?

ZG: 5

Food and drinkSue ButlerJune 5, 2018siphon coffeeComment

ghost water

We saw it once but now it isn’t there.

ZG: 7

EnvironmentSue ButlerJune 5, 2018waterComment

graphene membrane

A discovery being put to good use.

ZG: 6

Environment, TechnologySue ButlerMarch 24, 2018waterComment