'Teal' has been named as Macquarie Dictionary's Phrase of the Yr, following an eventful yr for politics in Australia, with a federal election and two state elections.
The Macquarie Dictionary committee chosen the noun from a shortlist of 19 phrases, together with 'spicy cough', 'pores and skin starvation' and 'Barbiecore'.
'Reality-telling' was chosen as the primary runner up for the title.
"Teal embodies the yr that is been, and truth-telling is the yr that is to return – let's hope that is the case. They're each actually essential ideas, central to Australian tradition and politics," the committee stated.
"It is exhausting to go previous teal as an emblem of Australia's political panorama in 2022. It is not a brand-new phrase, however it's a brand-new sense that no-one noticed coming."
Macquarie Dictionary defines the phrase as, "A politician who holds usually ideologically average views, however who helps robust motion concerning environmental and local weather motion insurance policies, and the prioritising of integrity in politics (so referred to as as lots of the candidates use the color teal of their electoral materials)".
Teals got here to prominence on the federal election, and have additionally offered a big problem to the main events in some seats on the Victorian election.
For the Folks's Alternative Phrase of the Yr 2022, Australians selected 'Bachelor's purse' from the identical shortlist by voting on the Macquarie Dictionary web site.
It's outlined as a "Colloquial (humorous)" phrase, which means "a takeaway roast hen [from the fact that such a chicken requires no further preparation before consumption, so is seen as an easy meal favoured by a single person, and that it is often packaged in a small plastic bag with a handle, resembling a handbag]".
The committee described it as "a humorous, intelligent coinage – so quintessentially Australian, summing up the function of a BBQ chook completely".
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