Words to Watch February
Welcome to Macquarie Dictionary’s first words to watch for 2025!
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Upcoming changes to Macquarie subscription products
From the 01/06/2025 the Macquarie Dictionary Online will introduce a number of changes to our individual and business subscriptions…
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…
Getting started on the new Macquarie Dictionary Online
Welcome to the new Macquarie Dictionary Online. We have paired a gorgeous new design with improved functionality as part of our first major refresh in a decade. Read on to learn how to access your subscription and set up shared logins (for business subscription only).
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…
New words to consider for the Macquarie Dictionary
If you haven’t submitted a new word you’ve heard to us at Macquarie Dictionary, now is your chance to do so. Not only could you
Five fresh new words for February
Welcome to the inaugural new words blog of 2023! Have you heard of leet (or leetspeak)? It’s a form of communication used online, invented by the
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
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
Dunny diver
This week’s word of the week will cost you around $150 an hour. A dunny diver is a plumber, those stalwart tradies who install and repair piping, fixtures,
Avoid the snapping handbag
If you’re travelling in the waters of Northern Australia make sure you avoid the snapping handbags, that is, the crocodiles. Crocodiles come in many shapes and sizes
Horse’s doover
This week we are enjoying some horse’s doover. Say what? Horse’s doover is a jocular mispronunciation of hors d’oeuvre that has been part of Aussie slang since the