Starve the lizards! No, this isn’t the beginning of some peculiar anti-reptile campaign, rather, starve the lizards is a great Aussie exclamation of surprise that

Phew. Busy, busy, busy. I am flat out like a lizard drinking at the Macquarie office this week. This scaly phrase is a way of saying

This week we are looking at provocative slang words. Do you have a mate who likes to stir the possum? That is, creates a disturbance or

The pub test is the notional measure of public opinion on a proposal or candidate arrived at by asking the average drinker in a hotel

At the Macquarie Dictionary head office, we are fond of road trips. One of our favourite parts of cruising through the outback is when you

This week we are paying homage to a national icon. The bin chicken graces towns and cities across the land. When rubbish is strewn across

After a truly bumper year for new words, and with the ticking over of a new decade, the Macquarie team decided that the time was

A new month means new words. Check out our handful of new words to hold on to in February.  Would you describe 2020 as a dumpster

In this week’s blog we are looking at architecture, to be precise, the architecture of Queensland. Queenslander isn’t just a loud chant you hear at the football,

Hop in. This week we are chucking a lap down the main street of Macquarie Town. To chuck a lap is to drive around the block

In this week’s Word of the Week, I am ordering Australia’s favourite pub meal. The schnitty, the slang name for the legendary chicken schnitzel, comes

What will it be? Which word, from those added to the Macquarie over the last decade, will be chosen as the WORD OF THE DECADE?

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Decade is a celebration of Australian English. The shortlist below features the good, the bad, and the sometimes baffling

Happy new year! It’s time to finally say farewell to 2020 (check out our Word of the Year(s) here) and welcome 2021! Each month, we

It’s been a long, strange and unique year. One that the Word of the Year summed up pretty well in doomscrolling. But aside from that,

The 1980s were Australia’s golden age: an era of big hair and big personalities in sport and politics. The 80s were all about making a

Ho ho ho, this week we are gearing up to welcome a certain big man in a red suit. That’s right, this week’s Word – or

’tis the season for holiday slang. This week’s Word of the Week is Secret Santa. Taking place in offices and homes across the nation, Secret Santa