It’s official, the Macquarie Dictionary staff have gone troppo, as in, we’ve gone mental or are mentally disturbed. The most notable usage of troppo was as

Here at Macquarie Dictionary, especially during this windy and rainy week, we are missing the warmer weather. However, we also know what awaits us at

This week’s blog is dedicated to toddlers because they are the most likely to spit the dummy. A relatively recent phrase, having joined the Aussie lexicon

You’re lower than a snake’s belly! If someone tosses this insult your way, they are calling you mean, despicable and contemptible. Gee, thanks. At the Macquarie Dictionary we

It’s deep into the football season. With the finals approaching, it’s time to analyse your team’s chances of making it to the last eight. Are

Australians love brevity. We are fond of shortening words. Perhaps the most famous example is the shortening of the Melbourne Cricket Ground to the MCG.

In recognition of Pride Month, a month of celebration that recognises LGBTIQ+ people, Macquarie Dictionary has gathered a few slang terms commonly used in queer

Sit back and watch the sparks fly. This week’s word of the week is arc up. To arc up means to become upset or livid with anger, to

Researching words and definitions is hard work. Punching them into the Dictionary makes me as dry as a blacksmiths apron, in other words, thirsty. The

‘Ooo I heard it through the … bush telegraph?’ Ok, so it might not fit into your beautiful karaoke rendition of Marvin Gaye but the

Toodle-em-buck was a game of chance played mainly by children in Victoria back in the 1920s for gambling on horseraces, especially the Melbourne Cup. The game consisted of

With the Macquarie staff back in the office along with thousands of other workers across Australia, we rediscovered some things we missed while working from

This week’s blog is a bit rough around the edges. Do you know a roughie? That is, a rude or crude person. I’m sure we’ve all

With the Federal election almost upon us, we delved into our database to help you make sense of the slang and jargon your candidates have

Take the next left and the next, and another left after that. This week we’re doing blockies: a single circuit of a vehicle around a street block,

This week, we have hacked out a space for all the hacks. When we searched hack in our database we had one election inspired word in mind: party

After a comprehensive, independent examination of the Junior Atlas of Indigenous Australia the book has been reintroduced for sale after it had been temporarily withdrawn. On 15