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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 by you, by your friends and colleagues or by other people all over Australia. We review them and see if they’re sufficiently part of the Australian lexicon to be added … Read more

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 have the kudos of suggesting a potential word, but it might even end up on one of these articles. We take these words from you and collate them to consider … Read more

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 review it for inclusion once we receive it. These are made up of words we are currently investigating, so not all may make it. Let us know what you think … Read more

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 users of bulletin board systems 40 years ago, in which words are respelt by replacing certain letters with numbers or other symbols that resemble them. It’s hypothesised to have been … Read more

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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 new words in English is by putting together two (or more!) existing words to form a new word with a new meaning. This is technically known as a lexical item or lexical unit. … Read more

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 Year as permacrisis. Making the announcement, Collins said that: It is one of several words Collins highlights that relate to ongoing crises the UK and the world have faced and … Read more

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 the Year 2022. You can review the words and definitions below. Access a pdf of the shortlist here. You can also view the entire longlist here.Shortlist           … Read more