Word of the Year 2007: Your comments

Are you a credit card tart? Are you suffering from password fatigue? Do you use a floordrobe?

These, and other newly-coined words and phrases, are being voted on by Australians as part of a Word of the Year 2007 competition, run by Macquarie's Dictionary.

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Here are some of your suggestions:

I heard a great word the other day, developed as a consequence of the smoking ban... "Smirting" meaning chatting up a fellow smoker while having a sneaky puff outside: "Smoking + Flirting = SMIRTING".
Crystal, UK

Bosstalgia - nostalgia for the old boss when you've forgotten what a nightmare they were: see Margaret Thatcher, John Major, Tony Blair et al.
Alastair, Brighton,UK

Carbon paw print - left by owners taking dogs in cars to the park/walk.
Gill Garratt, Amersham, UK

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.
Paula, UK

My partner tells me that I suffer from "KPA" (Kitchen Performance Anxiety). I often suffer from bouts of KPA, so-called because I spend a lot of time worring about what I'm going to produce from my kitchen that evening, either for him or for guests. I hate cooking and it often shows!
Lindsey Harris, Poole, UK

wiinjury - noun - injury sustained whilst playing on a Nintento wii.
Rhona, Reading,UK

I invited the word 'Brick' meaning great/ fab. Its a combination of wicked and brilliant. It even has its own appreciation society on Facebook with over 40 members! Invented whilst at a party filled with much younger people than myself - I thought it might make me cooler!
Euan Bradshaw, Portsmouth

'Gadgetrician' - one who embraces new technology and the host of new gadgets it brings.
Marc Jeffery, Canterbury, UK

My invented word: Sproginator - derived from terminator - child with tendency to destroy best laid plans.
Dicko, Aireborough, Yorkshire, UK

At home we talk about 'flat-pack food' to describe the endless variety of part-cooked ready meals thronging the supermarket shelves. It's Friday so fling the flat-pack food in the microwave again.
Catherine, Canterbury,UK

'Hypology' to mean the methods used by media, terrorists and teenagers to exaggerate claims.
David Garforth-Bles, London UK

My friends and I came up with the term 'fridge blindness'. It refers to the phenomenon of not being able to find something when it is actually sitting in plain sight. This often happens to men while looking for something in the fridge. The woman of the house will then go and find it in plain sight where it had been all the time!
bee, USA

I have been using the term "Keyboard Commuters" for a while as a description for people who are no longer chained to an office but can work anywhere.
Simon Johnstone, Canberra, Australia

Pleather is a combination of plastic and leather - it is for cheap leather 'look' handbags that are made of plastic.
pleather, Salisbury, UK

Serenery: scenery which evokes a serene feeling.
Stephanie, Bristol, UK

PICNIC - Problem In Chair Not In Computer. Often seen on IT help-desk reports. Though, to be fair, the core problem is usually parking new software on a person's PC and expecting them to muddle through it without proper support.
Sandy Fox, Derby, UK

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