It goes without saying that Scott Morrison hasn’t had the best time handling the bushfire crisis that’s gripped Australia. Between going on an early Hawaiian holiday to making tone-deaf comments, Scotty has copped a heap of flak for not being the inspirational PM we want and need right now.
But Scott Morrison should look on the bright side as Urban Dictionary has decided to bestow our PM with a big honour by making his self-proclaimed nickname, ‘Scomo’, its Word of the Day.
And by bright side we mean more embarrassing news.
‘Scomo’ was officially defined on December 17, 2019, by Urban Dictionary as: “A person in charge who leaves things to others when a difficult or emergency situation arises”.
Just to make sure people were using Scotty’s nickname correctly, Urban Dictionary provided an example on how to use ‘Scomo’ in a sentence properly:
“S**t was going really tits up at work this week so I Scomo’d off to a tropical island for some R&R and let someone else sort it out”.
The definition has copped a heap of likes (and a few dislikes) since its inception, but with the bushfires getting even worse and some more cringeworthy moments involving our PM, like Scotty forcing people to shake his hand and Piers Morgan roasting him, Urban Dictionary decided that it was time to bestow ‘Scomo’ with its prestigious Word of the Day honour for Jan 7, 2020.
Just to make sure there’s a record of this honour, we took a screenshot and voila:
After forcing reluctant people to shake his hand, Scott Morrison has been given the handshake he didn’t want. Not that he’ll know about this latest accolade on Urban Dictionary (or this article about it) anyway since he’s likely too busy doing stuff related to the bushfires.
Unless he’s Scomo’d off to a tropical island for some R&R and let someone else sort everything out (again).
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