We’ve had quite a lot of discussion about our last list of potential words. All our words we put up are under consideration, be they submitted

If you haven’t submitted a new word you’ve heard to us at Macquarie Dictionary, now is your chance to do so. Not only could you

We always encourage new word submissions from you, and you can submit any word you hear, that’s not already in the Macquarie Dictionary here. We’ll

Welcome to the inaugural new words blog of 2023! Have you heard of leet (or leetspeak)? It’s a form of communication used online, invented by the

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The English language has the great capacity to create new words and new meanings from existing words. One of the more common ways we form

As 2022 winds down, our fellow dictionaries from around the world are announcing their words of the year. Collins Dictionary had announced their Word of

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year voting is open now. The below shortlist was chosen from the 15 categories under consideration for Word of

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year has a shortlist consisting of at least one word from each of our categories. Our editors have gone