Do you know these soccer terms?
We’re taking a look at some soccer terms to help you better understand the game.
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Well-travelled words: 10 words from around the world
The Macquarie Dictionary collects all manner of Aussie colloquialisms, mannerisms, slang, and more.
Yet there will always be an inevitable influence on our language from outside our island home. We’ve collected 10 words that have travelled from afar and landed on our shores from different languages all over the world.
A miscellanea of beautiful terms
We’ve put our heads together and come up with this very short list of terms that evoke beauty either in the sound of their utterance or in the poetry of their definition. Collecting these words was a great joy, and one we would love to share with you. Read more…
Should plogging, brookie and thunderclap headache go in the dictionary?
We’re ready to look at some more new words as submitted by you, our readers and fellow word connoisseurs.
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary, so please let us know if you know of one. Read more…
Should climatarian, glass barbie, gray-A and mother wound go in the dictionary?
We’re ready to look at some more new words as submitted by you, our readers and fellow word connoisseurs.
We are always on the lookout for new, emerging and interesting words to add to the Macquarie Dictionary, so please let us know if you know of one. Read more…
Should bum gun, wall of death, family cloth and whale fall go in the dictionary?
Who’s down to get a banh mi after the wall of death tonight? Might meet a silver fox there too. But hope he has a bum gun at home and not family cloth! Read more new words here…
Hold me closer Tony Danza…
Ever wanted to learn to dance the flamingo? Jibe away to the music?
Whether it be intentional or just a slip of the tongue, most of us have been guilty of a malapropism or two in our time. Read more…
What lies beneath: A lexicographer’s journey through the alphabet
Most dictionary users, unencumbered by the harmless drudgery of lexicography, look words up in any letter of the alphabet, blissfully unaware of what lurks beneath the surface.
For the dictionary compiler, however, those days of innocence are but a distant memory. Read more…
If it’s chilly in Chile, just eat some chilli.
What is the difference between the words chilli, chili, chilly, and Chile? And more importantly, how can we remember which is which? Read more…
Should bottle-o, smombie and deathiversary go in the dictionary?
Navigating the smombies to get to the bottle-o in time for a perigee syzygy viewing party is a centennial thing, right? Don’t forget to pick up some qukes at the grocer on the way home. Read more new words here…