Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year
Committee's Choice and People's Choice announced!
Posted on 23 November 2016

Committee's Choice
The Committee's Choice for the 2016 Word of the Year is fake news. Honourable mentions go to enby and halal snack pack.
You can find out more about how and why this word was chosen at our news page.
People's Choice
The People's Choice Word of the Year 2016 goes to halal snack pack! Honorable mentions go to alt-right and fake news. You can find out more about these words and comments from Susan Butler, The Editor here.
Finalists
The Committee's top 15 are as below.
Download the Committee's Choice top 15 shortlist as text or images. You can also access a longer list of 75 words that the Committee were provided here.
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