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Kiwi terms added to Oxford dictionary
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waka jumper
nouninformal•New Zealand
noun: waka jumper; plural noun: waka jumpers

an MP who leaves their political party during a parliamentary term.
"the bill ensures that parliamentarians who are voted in by their electors cannot be waka jumpers"
It's not the least charm of a theory that it is refutable. The hundred-times-refuted theory of "free will" owes its persistence to this charm alone; some one is always appearing who feels himself strong enough to refute it - Friedrich Nietzsche
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RE: Kiwi terms added to Oxford dictionary - by zqwerty - Yesterday, 09:37 PM

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