Australian Word Map is a small treasure on offer at the Macquarie Dictionary website. It was set up by the ABC and Macquarie Dictionary as an interactive site to collect and record words and expressions from all over Australia. Thousands of people contributed,
When we sent the Eighth Edition of the Macquarie off to the printer, on 20 March 2020, it was our third day of working from home…
The new edition of the Macquarie Dictionary has been introduced by one of our very favourite authors. Markus Zusak is an internationally bestselling…
Almost exactly 42 years after its first edition, this September sees the publication of the ninth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary…
We’ve had quite a lot of discussion about our last list of potential words. All our words we put up are under consideration, be they submitted
If you haven’t submitted a new word you’ve heard to us at Macquarie Dictionary, now is your chance to do so. Not only could you
We always encourage new word submissions from you, and you can submit any word you hear, that’s not already in the Macquarie Dictionary here. We’ll
Welcome to the inaugural new words blog of 2023! Have you heard of leet (or leetspeak)? It’s a form of communication used online, invented by the
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The English language has the great capacity to create new words and new meanings from existing words. One of the more common ways we form
As 2022 winds down, our fellow dictionaries from around the world are announcing their words of the year. Collins Dictionary had announced their Word of
The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year voting is open now. The below shortlist was chosen from the 15 categories under consideration for Word of
Announcing the Macquarie Dictionary Committee’s Choice and People’s Choice Word of the Year 2023. You can review the final shortlist here (and for those interested, the longlist here). Thank
The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year has a shortlist consisting of at least one word from each of our categories. Our editors have gone
This week we are wearing shoes and socks because the word of the week is toe-biter, also known as the giant water bug. The toe-biter
This week’s word of the week is the Dish. No, we aren’t prepping for dinner, we are journeying out to the New South Wales Central
Welcome back to another edition of the New Words blog! My favourite of the five words we’ve curated for you this month is e-changer. It
