A recent poll in the UK found that 74% of respondents treat the word ‘data’ as a singular collective nouns, compared to 14% that treat it

Look a-yonder comin’ Comin’ down that railroad track  – Johnny Cash No, it’s not the Orange Blossom Special, it’s a rattler: any type of train

Today we feature a classic piece of Aussie slang, a word for all situations, so flexible that it can bend into any lexicon, what was

At a time when we are all relying to the expertise of our doctors and nurses, we are on the lookout for quacks, and not

Welcome to our new words blog, where we share new and topical words, some of which were submitted by you via the suggest a word feature

Admit it, how many of you are bludging right now? Maybe you are reading the news or having a cheeky look at the weekend’s football

You hear them before you see them, those screeching flashes of white that swoop from your balcony to your bin. That’s right, I’m talking about

With the glorious return of the footy to our screens, we can now support our team from the comfort of our lounge. The atmosphere might

Who fancies a winter dip down at the beach, or maybe at the local pool? The Aussie crawl is an Australian invented freestyle swimming stroke now used

Welcome to our new words blog, where we share new and topical words, some of which were submitted by you via the suggest a word feature

Beautiful words don’t just sound beautiful, some roll off the tongue with ease, some hit the air in sharp tones while others stretch out as

Welcome to our new words blog, where we share new and topical words, some of which were submitted by you via the suggest a word feature

Each new edition of the Macquarie Dictionary features a foreword written by an esteemed Australian writer. For the Eighth Edition, we were honoured to welcome

Here at the Macquarie Dictionary, we receive (and welcome) messages from everyone about new words, changes to definitions and grammar and spelling bugbears. Many of

As the temperature drops from summer to autumn (and into winter), the leaves start to change colour and fall from the trees, and we button

Which would you use if three of these creatures flew over your boat?   We’ve discussed the differences between person and people before, but what

More than 3,500 new entries have been added to the new Macquarie Dictionary Eighth Edition. The words reflect changes in our usage of Australian English since the

This blog goes out to all the accident-prone people of the world, our fellow uncos. Unco or The Man from Unco means awkward or clumsy.