Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week we look at knock ’em down rains.

You’d be forgiven for mishearing this and thinking the conversation was going to be about another Aussie classic, the yabby, but however similar this word

Hooroo as a farewell has been in use in Australia since at least 1916. It comes from the term hooray which was recorded in the Bulletin way

Things have been crook in Tallarook since at least the 1960s in Australia. It comes from Tallarook, a town in central northern Victoria; one of a number

The Sydney Language is the name given to the Australian Aboriginal language that was spoken in the greater Sydney area, comprising Dharug and Eora. The names Dharug and Eora were given by linguists to refer to the inland and coastal dialects of the language. Read more…

Read more about what our Committee thought of this word and view the whole the shortlist.

In 2015, the word was captain’s call. In 2016, it was fake news. In 2017, the controversial milkshake duck took out the top spot. And in 2018, we selected me too as the overall winner.

Every year at Macquarie Dictionary, we gather a few key people together to review all the new words from the previous 12 months.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is mallee.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is the North Island.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie Dictionary here. This week, our word is hide.

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie

Each week, we have a look at a slang word from Australian English. You can see other Aussie Word of the Week posts from the Macquarie

We will be announcing our Word of the Year in January 2019, but other dictionaries have already starting naming their words that define 2018.