Dorothy Dixer

English Dorothy Dix Alternative forms en Dorothy Dix dorothy dixer Etymology Named after US advice columnist Dorothy Dix (1870–1951), who reputedly invented some of the more interesting readers’ questions she answered, en er relational. Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Dorothy Dixer.ogg AU Noun Dorothy Dixer en 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. en dixer en 2002 Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM 273 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EbdyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Dorothy+Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy+Dixers%22&dq=%22Dorothy+Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy+Dixers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KtVET4bXJfGWiQf-moyMAw&redir_esc=y Betraying not a sign of the general mayhem he had just created, he answered a Dorothy Dixer about television violence. en 2006 Julian Disney; J. R. Nethercote The House on Capital Hill: Parliament, Politics, and Power in the National Capital http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2tHj0uPHfDoC&pg=PA226&dq=%22Dorothy+Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy+Dixers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5s9ET53tDeHmmAWW5diGBA&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Dorothy%20Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy%20Dixers%22&f=false 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. en 2010 w:Annabel Crabb Rise of the Ruddbot: Observations from the Gallery 244 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4ZGF8dULYA8C&pg=PA244&dq=%22Dorothy+Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy+Dixers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RdNET_OKKMeRiQfArJmkAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Dorothy%20Dixer%22%7C%22Dorothy%20Dixers%22&f=false 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. See also en Question Time en eponyms