Sam's Word of the Year

Meetcrol (n, v, adj.)

The state of mind in which one reminisces. Coincidentally, being Sam’s final Word, Meetcrol causes one to look back with warm fuzzies into the year of Sam’s Word of the Week. Having mentioned almost every celebrity making the news across the past year, only four complaints of defamation were lodged. Surprisingly, over the twenty-five words, there was never one reference to Michael Jackson. RSPCA activists were outraged when “Walrus” and “Fox” were used as words, especially when rumours circulated of a staged duel between the two beasts (and for the record, the walrus won). “Frock” caused a phenomena throughout the campus to re-wear moulding clothes from the nineties, and “Squelch” sparked a duck massacre. The year’s biggest outrage resulted from the accusation made mid-year that Bob Carr had retired to sell vegetable pasties. This sparked rioting amongst ravenous vegetarians. In August 2005, Rivcoll announced that it did not endorse the consumption of the world’s most dangerous food – Turnip Chips® after the chip claimed nineteen fatalities. Despite attention from this column, the definition of “Hydroxyethylcellulose” still remains unknown. A poll discovered that CSU’s favourite word of the year was “Doorbell” as it supposedly sounded similar to ‘hippopotamus’. As noted in the Daily Advertiser this week, Sam was sued for $627.74 for using “Teflon®” as a word without seeking permission first. He has 47 cents remaining in his bank account.
Hence, Sam’s Words of the Week were thus: Haberdashery, Pigeonhole, Trousers, Casserole, Liquid, Cellophane, Walrus, Orchid, Squelch, Gargle, Chalk, Fox, Crumpet, Oblong, Myth, Vegetable Pastie, Doorbell, Swoop, Frock, Chew, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Begrudgingly, Handbag, Teflon®, Turnip Chips® and Meetcrol. Sam would like to thank everyone who made Sam’s Word of the Week possible: his mum, the readers, the hecklers, Ray Martin, Anthony Callea, and of course the funniest food in the world – Turnip Chips®