Word of the Year 2024
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Vote now for the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2024
Voting is now open for the People’s Choice Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2024
Behind the scenes with Macquarie’s Word of the Year 2024
Go behind the scenes with the Macquarie editorial team as they prepare to launch the 2024 Word of the Year
Rawdogging through September with Macquarie Dictionary Words to Watch
Join our editorial team as they define the latest trending words in Australian English
Will you survive Q-day? Macquarie Dictionary Words to Watch August 2024
Do you know your fat bikes from your gym rats? Join our editorial team as they define the latest trending words in Australian English
Breaking and bouldering our way to gold
With the Paris 2024 Olympic Games approaching quickly, news and social media has been flooded with stories about Olympic trials, new sports, and athletes…
A wongi about Australian Word Map
Australian Word Map is a small treasure on offer at the Macquarie Dictionary website. It was set up by the ABC and Macquarie Dictionary as an interactive site to collect and record words and expressions from all over Australia. Thousands of people contributed,
It’s here! The Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition
When we sent the Eighth Edition of the Macquarie off to the printer, on 20 March 2020, it was our third day of working from home…
Markus Zusak’s Foreword to the Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition
The new edition of the Macquarie Dictionary has been introduced by one of our very favourite authors. Markus Zusak is an internationally bestselling…
Introducing…the Macquarie Dictionary Ninth Edition
Almost exactly 42 years after its first edition, this September sees the publication of the ninth edition of the Macquarie Dictionary…