Dorkland
/ˈdɔːklənd
/noun NZ informal, derogatory
The city of Auckland: he needs to represent the good people of Dorkland who elected him...
- The city really would deserve the name "Dorkland".
- Ask any developer how the Dorkland Super Council compares to doing business with the now superseded Papakura Council.
- No sign of any discussion of any of these policy measures on the horizon in Dorkland.
Origin
1990s: from dork, with reference to the city's staid image, especially as contrasted with the glamorous image of Wellington.
- steal a march on
- stealer
- steal (or hog) the limelight
- steal someone blind
- steal someone's heart
- steal someone's thunder
- stealth
- steal the show
- stealthily
- stealthiness
- stealth tax
- stealthy
- steam
- steam age
- ceremonialism
- ceremonialist
- ceremonially
- ceremonious
- ceremoniously
- ceremoniousness
- ceremony
- Cerenkov
- Cerenkov, Pavel
- Cerenkov radiation
- cereologist