SYDNEY: “Shirtfront”, an aggressive Australian sports term used by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to challenge Russia’s Vladimir Putin, was Wednesday picked as the National Dictionary Centre’s word of the year, beating “man-bun”.
Abbott in October vowed to “shirtfront” the Russian president — an Australian Rules football term in which a player charges an opponent — over the crash of Malaysia Airlines MH17 in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
Some 298 people died in the July incident, including 38 Australian citizens and residents, with the West claiming the plane was blown out of the sky with a missile supplied by Russia, an allegation Moscow denies.
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Source: Free Malaysia Today
