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Every year at Macquarie Dictionary, we gather a few key people together to review all the new words from the previous 12 months.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is mallee.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is ropeable. I’m sure we’ve all heard this one before. It is a piece of classic Aussie slang from the 1870s that is still going … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is widgie. This is slang from the 1950s and 1960s in Australia. A widgie is a teenage female delinquent; the counterpart of the male, bodgie. Widgies were … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is the North Island.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is hide.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is Kickastickalong. Out the back of Bourke, there’s a town past Woop Woop known as Kickastickalong. Also known as Oodnagalahbi, Oodnawoopwoop or Bullamakanka, this is a … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is jillaroo. You may be familiar with this word, or the male counterpart, jackaroo. Both are young people working on a sheep or cattle station … Read more