Wellywood
n.— «AS I write this I’m still in New Zealand, Wellington or “Wellywood” as it is sometimes called because of filming Lord of the Rings and other films.» —“Mavis meets Mary” by Mavis Bensley Evening Star (Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom) Feb. 27, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
To fossick meaning “to rummage about,” derives from the use of fossicking for the practice of literally digging about for gemstones in abandoned mining excavations, a hobby that’s particularly popular in Australia and New Zealand...
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