Today's candidates were rare, despite the fact that since yesterday, Metro also has an Amsterdam edition (so even more odds in favour of finding the Word of the Day). However, I think they're very, very valid:
- 'rekenzwak' (calculation weak). This refers to kids who don't grasp their basic math skills too quickly by themselves (as the current educational system makes them figure out, I read in this article to my shock). Yeah... you force kids to solve calculation problems they've never seen before in their life by themselves, and some won't be able to - so let's call them 'weak'. And conclude that those 'weak' kids benefit most from the old-fashioned way of teaching math (hey now, that's the way I learnt it too, you assholes - and it worked fine for me and most people of my generation and before.. who do you think are working in IT and science right now ??) - nominated.
- 'anti-piraterijmusketiers' (anti piracy musketeers). This refers to BREIN, a foundation that attempts to hunt down and fine the people who up- and download illegal copywrited material such as games, music and movies. Two types of adventurous, heroic, outlawed ruffians thrown together in one word, with 'anti' in front of it.. a real beauty, this one is. If you wouldn't know the media context, this would be a very, very weird word indeed. Media label alert ! Nominated.
- 'grotestadsmarathons' (big city marathons). I'm not even going to explain why I nominated this. Just look at it.
And the Word of the Day is.... 'anti-piraterijmusketiers' !
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