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census fail
The widely discussed failure of Australia's online 2016 Census system.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “census fail” means the widely discussed failure of Australia's online 2016 Census system.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre included census fail in its 2016 Word of the Year discussion, showing genuine Australian civic/digital coinage.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established