Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Eating and Drinking

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist is made up of 75 words (you can check them out here), with five words in each of the fifteen categories. Our Committee whittles these down to just fifteen words to create the shortlist. From the shortlist, you can vote to help decide which word becomes the People’s … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Social Interest

With a total of 75 words spanning fifteen categories, the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here) can be a lot to take in! To make choosing the People’s Choice Word of the Year 2019 easier, our Committee narrows the longlist down to just fifteen words which are then open … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Fashion

With an extensive fifteen categories each containing five words, the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist can be a lot to take in. These 75 words (you can check the full list out here) are narrowed down by our Committee to fifteen from which you can then vote for in the People’s Choice Word of the … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Internet

There are fifteen categories in the 2019 Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each category is comprised of five words for a total of seventy-five words that our Committe will whittle down to just fifteen words that you can choose from in the People’s Choice Word of the … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Environment

The 2019 Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist features fifteen categories, each containing five words for a total of seventy-five words (you can check the full list out here). That’s a lot of words and definitions to go through! Now our Comittee is in the process of whittling these down to just fifteen words that you can … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Colloquial

There are a fifteen categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each of these categories is comprised of five words, that’s a lot of words to bulk up your vocabulary! The list is then whittled down to just fifteen words that you can choose from … Read more

Macquarie shortlist of words of the year | Arts and Literature

There are a whopping fifteen categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each of these categories is comprised of five words, which is a lot of new content and new words to learn! These are whittled down by our Committee to just fifteen words that … Read more

Global words of the year for 2019

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

Which words won the Premier’s Spelling Bee?

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