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Maori & Kiwi words have been added to the latest Oxford dictionary. They include 'waka jumper', 'mahi' & 'chilly bin.'
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5284...dictionary
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Waka jumper? Lol I love their sense of humor.
I didn't think it's typical for a phrase to be added to a dictionary is it?
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(Yesterday, 04:43 PM)nzoomed Wrote: Waka jumper? Lol I love their sense of humor.
I didn't think it's typical for a phrase to be added to a dictionary is it?
I wondered about that, but perhaps it is. That, or they've created a precedent with it.
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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"
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