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Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is the North Island.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is tucker. This is some great Aussie slang for food that has been in constant use since the 1850s. The original meaning is of a … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is hide.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is Kickastickalong. Out the back of Bourke, there’s a town past Woop Woop known as Kickastickalong. Also known as Oodnagalahbi, Oodnawoopwoop or Bullamakanka, this is a … Read more

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is jillaroo. You may be familiar with this word, or the male counterpart, jackaroo. Both are young people working on a sheep or cattle station … Read more

We will be announcing our Word of the Year in January 2019, but other dictionaries have already starting naming their words that define 2018.

Recently, we put together a list of all the most beautiful words we could come up with, either because of the way they sound, the balance in their spelling or their lovely definitions (or a combination of many). We whittled the list down and shared them with you as an ode to the beauty of … Read more

We love a good phrase with an interesting etymology. Better yet when the phrase itself came about through the medium of music. We look at our favourite phrases brought to you by music icons. Read more…

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is furphy.