9news.com.au | Democracy sausage, shoey, smashed avo? The Australian National Dictionary Centre names our word of the year The Sydney Morning Herald July 2, election day, Malcolm Turnbull proved himself the tong master at Penrith South Public School while across town Bill Shorten struggled to eat a sausage sandwich - albeit one in a fancy roll, not a slice of white bread - and not even the sweet ... 'Democracy sausage' voted word of 2016 Democracy sausage snags Word of the Year as smashed avo, shoey lose out Democracy sausage deemed word of year by Australian National Dictionary Centre |