In this week’s blog we are looking at architecture, to be precise, the architecture of Queensland. Queenslander isn’t just a loud chant you hear at the football,

Hop in. This week we are chucking a lap down the main street of Macquarie Town. To chuck a lap is to drive around the block

In this week’s Word of the Week, I am ordering Australia’s favourite pub meal. The schnitty, the slang name for the legendary chicken schnitzel, comes

What will it be? Which word, from those added to the Macquarie over the last decade, will be chosen as the WORD OF THE DECADE?

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Decade is a celebration of Australian English. The shortlist below features the good, the bad, and the sometimes baffling

Happy new year! It’s time to finally say farewell to 2020 (check out our Word of the Year(s) here) and welcome 2021! Each month, we

It’s been a long, strange and unique year. One that the Word of the Year summed up pretty well in doomscrolling. But aside from that,

The 1980s were Australia’s golden age: an era of big hair and big personalities in sport and politics. The 80s were all about making a

Ho ho ho, this week we are gearing up to welcome a certain big man in a red suit. That’s right, this week’s Word – or

’tis the season for holiday slang. This week’s Word of the Week is Secret Santa. Taking place in offices and homes across the nation, Secret Santa

The Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year for 2020 is doomscrolling. The word was chosen from a longlist of 75 that was whittled down to

There are a 15 categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each category consists of five words,

There are a 15 categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each category consists of five words,

There are a 15 categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each category consists of

There are a 15 categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year longlist (you can check the full list out here). Each category consists of

There are a 15 categories in the Macquarie Dictionary Word of the Year competition (you can check the full list of words here). Each category

The Macquarie Dictionary COVID Word of the Year is rona. The word was chosen from a list of 20 COVID-related words. You can see the

2020, am I right? Well, we aren’t going to sit around and wait for another year to clobber us, and we aren’t going to get