A cyberathlete might not suffer boomeritis as he or she is probably a digital native, but could be at risk of globesity, according to Australia's top dictionary.
The Macquarie Dictionary last week asked readers to vote for their favorite new word in the latest annually updated online volume, offering a total of 85 words or phrases.
Most of the words are not specifically Australian, but reflect global trends in fields such as technology, health and what the dictionary calls the social scene.
A cyberathlete is defined as "a professional player of computer games" while boomeritis covers sports-related injuries suffered by baby boomers as they pursue physical fitness programs into their old age.
A digital native is "a person who grows up using digital media and communications systems, and thus has complete familiarity with them," while globesity sums up the worldwide fat phenomenon.
At risk of globesity are salad dodgers - overweight people - and slummy mummies - mothers of young children who no longer take care of their personal appearance, as opposed to yummy mummies.
The overworked mother is unlikely, however, to suffer from tanorexia - "an obsessive desire to have tanned skin, placing the sufferer at risk of skin cancer."
Someone who might have tanorexia would be a person who practices manscaping - "a grooming procedure in which hair is shaved or trimmed from a man's body, as from the back, legs, chest, genitals, etc."
Many of the new words come from technology, with password fatigue being "a level of frustration reached by having too many different passwords to remember." Voting for a favorite word takes place over the last three weeks of January, with the "word of the year" announced in early February.
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