Home Personal Homepage Mariners Blog Recipe Blog Comments welcome by email. I don't care if you disagree with me but name-calling and cussing are not acceptable. Comments that are just rude and not relevant will not be posted. « # Pacific NW Blogs ? » My Blogroll Blogroll Me! Enter your email address below to subscribe to Carol's Chaotic Collection of Curiosities ! powered by Bloglet	Friday, September 10, 2004   Today's Australian Word: Rort In use: There was widespread rorting of millions of dollars worth of overtime. Dictionary.com didn't have this one, so I had to go further afield. It turned up in the dictionary at Freesearch.co.uk. They explain that it's an Australian term (which I assumed, since I came across it at an Australian site) and describe it as informal. (Informal or not, I presume that its usage is rather common since it was used in a serious news article!) Verb: to take unfair advantage of a public service for your own benefit Noun: a plan to take unfair advantage of a public service for your own benefit I'm delighted to finally have a word for this. Can't think of an equivalent American term, but I know plenty of Americans who rort on a regular basis so it's a word we need here! 10:11:28 PM     © Copyright 2005 Carol Andrus. Last update: 8/25/2005; 4:44:43 PM.	September 2004 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat       1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30     Aug   Oct "Finding Faith in Christ" Free Video Provided by International Bible Society moon phases