Dorothy Dixer
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Etymology
Named after US advice columnist Dorothy Dix (1870–1951), who reputedly invented some of the more interesting readers’ questions she answered, + -er.
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Noun
Dorothy Dixer (plural Dorothy Dixers)
- (Australian politics) A question asked of a minister by a member of their own party, to give the minister the opportunity to promote the government's work, criticise the opposition, etc.
- Synonym: dixer
- 2006, Julian Disney, J. R. Nethercote, The House on Capital Hill: Parliament, Politics, and Power in the National Capital, page 226:
- On both sides of the chamber, Question Time became highly programmed. This led on the Government side to questions, almost without exception, being Dorothy Dixers of the worst kind. […] The total domination of this sort of Dorothy Dixer under the Keating Government reduced the use of Question Time considerably.
- 2010, Annabel Crabb, Rise of the Ruddbot: Observations from the Gallery, page 244:
- The real and nasty political attack came later, in question time, when every Labor minister who stood in response to a Dorothy Dixer did so in order to aim a new kick at the cods of the Opposition leader, from a different direction.