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Strimmer: Australian English whipper snipper or line trimmer; Swan (verb): To move from one place to another ostentatiously; Sweets: Australian English lollies; Tailback: A long queue of stationary or slow-moving traffic; Tangerine: Australian English mandarin; Tipp-Ex: Australian English white out or liquid paper; Trainers: Athletic footwear.
The sixth edition was published in October 2013 [9] and includes an update of new words and senses as well as words and phrases from other varieties of English that impinge on Australian English, such as British English, American English and English in Southeast Asia, China and India. [10] It has an introduction by Australian author Les Murray.
The Australian Oxford Dictionary, sometimes abbreviated as AOD, is a dictionary of Australian English published by Oxford University Press. [1]The AOD combines elements of the previous Oxford publication, The Australian National Dictionary (sometimes abbreviated as AND), which was a comprehensive, historically based record of 10,000 words and phrases representing Australia's contribution to ...
Amanda Laugesen, chief editor of the Australian National Dictionary, through the Australian National University (ANU) tells CNN Travel many Aussie expressions have roots in British English, but ...
WordGenius is a system for publishing dictionaries and reference books electronically, based on eComPress technology from Eurofield Information Systems. [1] The Unabridged and College versions of the Random House Dictionary known as Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, and the Macquarie Dictionary of Australian English have been published using the technology, along with a thesaurus ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
The Australian National Dictionary Centre's major research project is the Australian National Dictionary.The project seeks to find English words and meanings that have originated in Australia, that have a greater currency in Australia than elsewhere, or that have a special significance in Australian history.
The Australian National Dictionary: Australian Words and Their Origins is a historical dictionary of Australian English, recording 16,000 words, phrases, and meanings of Australian origin and use. The first edition of the dictionary, edited by W. S. Ramson, was published in 1988 by Oxford University Press ; the second edition was edited by ...