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Australian National Dictionary Centre, ANU

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +44261252615

Address: Australian National University 2601 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: slll.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/andc

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25.01.2022 Does your local offer schmiddies? Schmiddy bigger than a middy, smaller than a schooner. Is this a Goldilocks meaure of beer (just right), or the bastard lovechild of these two fine pieces of glassware? Emotions run high in our August Word of the Month. https://blog.oup.com.au//word-of-the-month-august-schmiddy/

24.01.2022 ANDC Director Amanda Laugesen looks at the legacy of slang lexicographer Sidney Baker in the latest edition of ABR (Australian Book Review). https://tinyurl.com/s9r2far

24.01.2022 Are you ready to take the Australian mateship survey? https://tinyurl.com/tvjrhl6 Our director Amanda Laugesen was part of the team that designed the survey. Itll only take you a few minutes.

24.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for March is 'sausage sizzle': 1. a fund-raising or social event for a club, school, etc. at which barbecued sausages are sold or provided. 2. a barbecued sausage in a slice of bread sold or provided at such an event. Read all about it on the Oxford University Press blog: https://tinyurl.com/reeunku

23.01.2022 Our latest Ozwords competition asks you to come up with an interesting levidrome (not to be confused with a palindrome). Prizes courtesy of @OxfordAustralia

23.01.2022 ANDC Director Amanda Laugesen talks about tracking the language of 'coronaspeak' in the latest Australian Book Review podcast.

22.01.2022 For a book title that sums up 2020 you can't go past ANDC Director Amanda Laugesen's new tome on the history of bad language in Australia. https://tinyurl.com/y24v4qcy

22.01.2022 Ever wanted an easier job? Admired a friend with a relaxed attitude to life? Wished you had a less stressful day? Cruisy, our Word of the Month, is the word for you. https://blog.oup.com.au/20//word-of-the-month-july-cruisy/

22.01.2022 Our second annual appeal starts today. We are interested in the words and expressions used by members of a family. They might be unique or rarely heard elsewhere. So give it a shot and well send them straight to the pool room. More details on our website: https://tinyurl.com/ya3xycbr

21.01.2022 An extract from ANDC director Amanda Laugesen's new book 'Rooted: An Australian History of Bad Language.

19.01.2022 A great write-up on our Ozwords newsletter by David Astle in the Sydney Morning Herald.

17.01.2022 A snapshot of the results from our familyspeak appeal. Thanks to the all the people who submitted their words and expressions. https://tinyurl.com/y4qp7ytc

17.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for December is gold coin donation: a one- or two-dollar coin given as an entry fee or donation when attending a charitable, community, or not-for-profit event. Read all about this term on the Oxford University Press blog: https://tinyurl.com/tgyf2k3

17.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for April is fauxgan: a fake bogan! Read the cheery story here: https://tinyurl.com/yx2kamhm

16.01.2022 Theres still plenty of time to enter our latest Ozwords competition - just reply with your entries here. Prizes courtesy of Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand.

16.01.2022 The Oxford Word of the Year for 2019 is climate emergency. The entire short list is made up of words related to this emergency. Read the full release here: https://tinyurl.com/w2a6dmy

16.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for February is green nomad: a person whose travels within Australia are motivated by a concern for the environment. Read all about this term on the Oxford University Press blog. https://tinyurl.com/qr3nbrp

16.01.2022 The ANDCs director, Amanda Laugesen, spoke to an American journalist about recent media reports that Australian soldiers had been banned from using slang around their US counterparts.

16.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for February is 'green nomad': a person whose travels within Australia are motivated by a concern for the environment. Read all about this term on the Oxford University Press blog. https://tinyurl.com/qr3nbrp

15.01.2022 Have you ever come across the transferred sense of pet shop galah? Its our Oxford Word of the Month for May: https://tinyurl.com/y9cfmnno

15.01.2022 If you call an electrician a sparkie, and a carpenter a chippie, what do you call a plumber? Find out in October's Oxford Word of the Month: https://tinyurl.com/y7y9g38s @OxfordAustralia

15.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for November looks at the specific use of goanna in Tasmania, where the word can refer to the blue-tongue lizard Tiliqua nigrolutea. Read all about it at the Oxford University Press blog: https://tinyurl.com/y5tqpvp8

14.01.2022 Have you ever come across the transferred sense of 'pet shop galah'? It's our Oxford Word of the Month for May: https://tinyurl.com/y9cfmnno

14.01.2022 Do you call it swimmers, togs or bathers? ABC local radio presenter Abby Richards spoke to Mark Gwynn from the ANU about how and why language changes from reg...ion to region. You can listen to the interview here: (about 42:30 in) https://www.abc.net.au//programs/mornings/mornings/12509242

14.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for March is sausage sizzle: 1. a fund-raising or social event for a club, school, etc. at which barbecued sausages are sold or provided. 2. a barbecued sausage in a slice of bread sold or provided at such an event. Read all about it on the Oxford University Press blog: https://tinyurl.com/reeunku

13.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for July is postie bike. Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvhgr3m

12.01.2022 ANDC Director Amanda Laugesens latest book Expressions of War in Australia and the Pacific is now available. Co-edited with Catherine Fisher, this book explores war and its aftermath in language and official discourse. https://tinyurl.com/y4k2hq6q

12.01.2022 The ANDCs Word of the Year for 2019 is voice. Read all about it and the short list: https://tinyurl.com/se8czkz

11.01.2022 ANDC Director Amanda Laugesen talks about tracking the language of coronaspeak in the latest Australian Book Review podcast.

11.01.2022 We explore the Australian idiom 'calm your farm' in November's Oxford Word of the Month. https://tinyurl.com/y3epmpsj

11.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for August is that rather elegant Australianism for egg - bum nut. Read all about it: https://tinyurl.com/y2v9vvhn @OxfordAustralia

10.01.2022 The name kumanjayi has appeared in the news recently in relation to the tragic event at Yuendumu. Heres our entry for the term from the Australian National Dictionary.

09.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for September is an obsolete name for the thylacine: zebra opossum. https://tinyurl.com/y3gqojh7 @OxfordAustralia

08.01.2022 Our Word of the Month for June is mud map - (in figurative use) a rough guide, plan, or strategy. Read all about this term on the Oxford University Press blog page: https://tinyurl.com/y5ke7lu8

08.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for July is 'postie bike'. Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/ycvhgr3m

07.01.2022 There's still plenty of time to enter our latest Ozwords competition - just reply with your entries here. Prizes courtesy of Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand.

07.01.2022 How does a bag made of carpet lead to a term for an opportunist in the period proceeding the American Civil War, and eventually come to refer to a person exploiting Australian Indigenous artists? Read our latest Oxford Word of the Month to find out more about carpetbagger: https://tinyurl.com/ybda7ccv

06.01.2022 We chose voice as our Word of the Year because having one, wanting one, and needing one are in contention this year. Our shortlist reflects this as well: http://ozwords.org/?p=8682

06.01.2022 Our first Word of the Month for 2020 is nutbush: a line dance performed to the song Nutbush City Limits. Is it really an Australian term? https://tinyurl.com/qp38d3x

04.01.2022 Our 2020 Word of the Year is 'iso': an abbreviation for 'self-isolation. For more about our choice and the shortlist: https://tinyurl.com/y6sqa6wc

03.01.2022 Our Oxford Word of the Month for April is 'fauxgan': a fake bogan! Read the cheery story here: https://tinyurl.com/yx2kamhm

03.01.2022 Our database of Australian nicknames for placenames has just been added to our website. Happy searching, and let us know if you have anything to add. https://tinyurl.com/y2msz87x

03.01.2022 Our latest issue of Ozwords includes these articles: The Silver Bodgie (aka Bob Hawke) and Australian English, Looking for Butchy Boys, and Do you Say Brisbane, Brissy, Brisso, Brisvegas, Brisbantinople, or Brisganistan? And dont forget to enter the competition! Read all about it: http://ow.ly/HMmC50wBmw2

02.01.2022 Lets hope there are no dog shots at the NRL Grand Final on Sunday night. Read more about our Word of the Month at the Oxford University Australia blog: http://ow.ly/2b6v50wyQhX

02.01.2022 A special call out to our friends in Tassie and the Territory! In our appeal for nicknames of Australian placenames we havent had many contributions from the Apple Isle or the NT. So if you come from the Top End, Hobbiton, the Centre, or anywhere else from these fabulous places let us know if you have any nicknames for placenames. Surely you can do better than the 20 or so nicknames we have from Canberra - the Gateway to Queanbeyan!

01.01.2022 In our first annual appeal we are looking for your nicknames for Australian place names. Be it Freo, the Gong, or Brisvegas, we would love to know what you call your local town, suburb, or other special place. #nicknamesforplacenames