Now that the Word of the Year has been decided, it’s time to start looking ahead at the words that may make the list for 2020. We’ve got some occupational nicknames this month, in the form of chippy and sparky (presumably to go with tradie). Any carpenters or electricians out there who are familiar with … Read more
Seven new words to watch for November. This month’s list includes a couple of environmental words, like passive home, an energy efficient building or home that reduces the owner’s carbon footprint. And seabin, meaning a floating rubbish receptacle that sucks up plastic waste from the ocean surface. And just in time for summer, we have … Read more
Every month, we review some of the new words as submitted by you for consideration in the Macquarie Dictionary. We are looking for interesting, Australia-specific usage, but we love all new, and sometimes old but relatively unknown words. This month, we had a plethora of submissions but we’ve picked a few of the more interesting ones below. … Read more
Every month, we review some of the new words as submitted by you for consideration in the Macquarie Dictionary. We are looking for interesting, Australia-specific usage, but we love all new, and sometimes old but relatively unknown words. This month, we had a plethora of submissions but we’ve picked a few of the more interesting ones below. … Read more
Every month, we review some of the new words as submitted by you for consideration in the Macquarie Dictionary. We are looking for interesting, Australia-specific usage, but we love all new, and sometimes old but relatively unknown words. This month, we had a plethora of submissions but we’ve picked a few of the more interesting ones below. … Read more
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary. In a time of global instant communication, these words are popping up faster and in vaster quantities than ever before. Read more words from November 2017 here…
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary. In a time of global instant communication, these words are popping up faster and in vaster quantities than ever before. Read more words from October 2017 here…
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary. In a time of global instant communication, these words are popping up faster and in vaster quantities than ever before. Read more…
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary. In a time of global instant communication, these words are popping up faster and in vaster quantities than ever before. Read more…
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary. In a time of global instant communication, these words are popping up faster and in vaster quantities than ever before. Read more…
