Words & TermsFood and drink
democracy sausage
Also: democracy snag
A sausage in bread bought at a polling-place fundraiser on election day.
In a sentence
We voted early, then bought a democracy sausage outside the hall.
Where it came from
The name joins Australia’s compulsory-election ritual with polling-place sausage sizzles run as community fundraisers. It rose rapidly in the 2010s and was selected as the Australian National Dictionary Centre’s 2016 Word of the Year.
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia-wide