The team from ANU’s Australian National Dictionary Centre (ANDC) – responsible for editing the Australian version of the Oxford dictionary – is putting the call out for the public to submit their own ...
Bonzer. Dinkum. Troppo. We love our distinctive words and phrases. We revel in the confusion they cause outsiders. We celebrate the stories behind them. We even make up a few furphies about them. What ...
Language can be a very perplexing thing in Australia. Words like "mate" and "bogan" are commonly understood, but dig deeper and the confusion starts to set in. Well the end of your confusion is nigh, ...