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worm poll
 n.— «Opposition Leader Mark Latham was the runaway winner in tonight’s live televised debate with Prime Minister John Howard, the “worm” poll of audience members showed.» —“The worm turns for Latham in debate” in Canberra AAP Bulletins (Australia) Sept. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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