There are a fifteen categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each of these categories

There are a whopping fifteen categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each of these

At Macquarie Dictionary, like most dictionaries, we get together at the end of the year and look back at all the new words of the

Ever year in New South Wales, the Premier’s Spelling Bee gathers students from all over the state to compete in one of the biggest spelling

When the last time you saw a bit of a blue break out? 

The question of whether you skol or scull a beer is one we have covered more than once. But how about getting the beer in

This week we are paying tribute to the great Australian gum tree. From the Snowy Mountains in the Great Dividing Range to Tasmania, Darwin, Far

This week we have a slang phrase for you to listen out for while you’re at the beach…

No wucking furries mate, we’ve got you covered for Aussie Slang…

Don’t be a derbrain. Read our weekly Aussie slang blogs instead.

We are purring over our Aussie Slang this week…

This week at the Macquarie Dictionary, we are playing by Rafferty’s rules…

The term Brisvegas, a portmanteau of Brisbane and Vegas, originated in Queensland in part with ironic reference to the river city’s lack of showy opulence…

Stunned mullet is a classic piece of Aussie slang from the 1950s that refers to a person who is completely and utterly stunned, amazed, dazed or otherwise stonkered…

The football season may be over but we thought there was still time for some state versus state rivalry. This week’s Aussie Word of the Week is Cabbage Garden…

I was asked by a colleague the other day about the phrase on accident – as in to have done something on accident – and where this has