Macquarie Dictionary Blog: Archives
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Spelling matters: 'can not' or 'cannot'
Jun 30, 2010 | 0 Comments
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whingers, wowsers and dobbers
Jun 21, 2010 | 0 Comments
Often the words that have the greatest significance for us are negative -- we all dislike people who are whingers, wowsers and dobbers. Is this because the strongest lessons we learn in childhood are what we are NOT supposed to do? Read more...
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larrikins and ratbags
Jun 11, 2010 | 0 Comments
Words of cultural significance in Australian English can be words which reflect a national character like larrikin and ratbag. Read more...
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Moving at a glacial pace
Jun 01, 2010 | 1 Comment
We recently had someone point out that we have not included glacial as an adjective meaning ‘extremely slow’ in the Macquarie Dictionary. Read more...