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At Macquarie Dictionary, like most dictionaries, we get together at the end of the year and look back at all the new words of the previous 12 months to determine one word worthy of being crowned our Word of the Year. For 2018, that word was Me Too. In 2017, it was the global phenomenon of … Read more
Ever year in New South Wales, the Premier’s Spelling Bee gathers students from all over the state to compete in one of the biggest spelling competitions in the state. Macquarie Dictionary is proud to sponsor this event once again and we so thrilled to be able to see these bright young people compete in both … Read more
The word puppy is intatly associated with cutness and adorability. The word used to describe a young dog is used in day to day slang to describe everything from shallow infatuaton to chubbiness in a child. The word originated in the 15th century from the French word poupée meaning doll and the word originally meant toy … Read more
The question of whether you skol or scull a beer is one we have covered more than once. But how about getting the beer in the first place. Visitors to Australian shores are often flummoxed by the range of names we give our beer receptacles. And even more confusingly, these words refer to different sizes … Read more
This week we are paying tribute to the great Australian gum tree. From the Snowy Mountains in the Great Dividing Range to Tasmania, Darwin, Far North Queensland and beyond, the landscape is dominated by the beautiful Australian eucalypt, so named from its gummy sap. By definition, a gum tree is any tree or shrub of the myrtaceous … Read more
This week we have a slang phrase for you to listen out for while you’re at the beach…
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