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What makes a ‘word’ for Word of the Year?
The English language has the great capacity to create new words and new meanings from existing words. One of the more common ways we form new words in English is by putting together two (or more!) existing words to form a new word with a new meaning. This is technically known as a lexical item or lexical unit. … Read more
Word of the Year 2022 around the world
As 2022 winds down, our fellow dictionaries from around the world are announcing their words of the year. Collins Dictionary had announced their Word of the Year as permacrisis. Making the announcement, Collins said that: It is one of several words Collins highlights that relate to ongoing crises the UK and the world have faced and … Read more
Word of the Year 2022 | Shortlist
The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year voting is open now. The below shortlist was chosen from the 15 categories under consideration for Word of the Year 2022. You can review the words and definitions below. Access a pdf of the shortlist here. You can also view the entire longlist here.Shortlist … Read more
Announcing the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year 2023
Announcing the Macquarie Dictionary Committee’s Choice and People’s Choice Word of the Year 2023. You can review the final shortlist here (and for those interested, the longlist here). Thank you for helping us decide the defining new word for 2023! Committee’s Choice Word of the Year 2023 “Although cozzie livs was coined in the UK, it has resonated soundly with Australians, … Read more
A bit about the categories for the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year
The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year has a shortlist consisting of at least one word from each of our categories. Our editors have gone through to give us some insight as to what each category entails below. Arts – including literature, film, fine arts and music. Business – associated with finance and corporations. Colloquial – informal and … Read more
The Dish
This week’s word of the week is the Dish. No, we aren’t prepping for dinner, we are journeying out to the New South Wales Central West to visit the famous Parkes radio telescope. Opened in 1961, the Dish is a powerful radio telescope with a sudsidiary telescope. The Dish is best known for the role … Read more
The toe-biter
This week we are wearing shoes and socks because the word of the week is toe-biter, also known as the giant water bug. The toe-biter is a large freshwater insect that can grow up to seven centimetres long. They can breath underwater using a postier tube and are found along the eastern and northern coasts … Read more
An October offering of new words
Welcome back to another edition of the New Words blog! My favourite of the five words we’ve curated for you this month is e-changer. It refers to a remote worker who moves from a city to a rural location as part of a lifestyle change. It’s a cute play on sea changer and is very close … Read more
