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Nov 5, 2026
ChristianHOST
Like you
BellaHOST
physically picked up the Macquarie Dictionary and had to flick through and go, oh.
ChristianHOST
The Macquarie's the Australian one, right?
BellaHOST
Yeah.
ChristianHOST
Bring that back.
ChristianHOST
You used
BellaHOST
to win the Macquarie Dictionary.
ChristianHOST
Oh, it was awesome.
FletchHOST
Minning.
FletchHOST
And so we've got the Macquarie Dictionary, the Aussie one.
FletchHOST
And the
Hayley SproullHOST
Oxford, which is mine.
Charles FirthHOST
Hang on.
Charles FirthHOST
Sorry, what? I rang up the Macquarie dictionary.
James SchloeffelHOST
You rang up the Macquarie dictionary?
Charles FirthHOST
Yeah, in Australia.
Charles FirthHOST
Because there was this word that I really liked and that was, you know, my friend had actually invented.
James SchloeffelHOST
No, no, no.
James SchloeffelHOST
Who rings up dictionaries? Is there like a phone line for dictionaries? Yes, you
Charles FirthHOST
can contact the Macquarie Dictionary.
Catherine DevesGUEST
Let's get those words out into the common vernacular.
Catherine DevesGUEST
Maybe they can be Macquarie Dictionary's words of the year.
Chris SmithHOST
Yes, yes.
Chris SmithHOST
We've just got to spread the word and I bet they do.
Holly WainwrightHOST
From now, the last week of October, till Christmas, we'll be announcing Word of the Year.
Holly WainwrightHOST
Where else do you hear Macquarie Dictionary except towards the end of
Jessie StephensHOST
the year when they pull a word? And then it's like...
Holly WainwrightHOST
Merriam's Webster dictionary.
Louisa LimGUEST
Chinaman.
Louisa LimGUEST
According to the Macquarie Dictionary, it's widely considered to be an offensive term.
Louisa LimGUEST
And yet there is still 235 places in Australia with Chinaman or Chinamen in their names.
Louisa LimGUEST
It's just one indication of how normalised anti-Chinese racism still is in Australian life.
Melanie HillHOST
Oh, a bit of cognitive dissonance as well.
Melanie HillHOST
All right, and the definition that I'm going to use when I'm talking about irony this week is, and I quote, "L- the literate- literary device in which the literal meaning is the opposite of what's intended." Right? And I got that from the Macquarie Dictionary.
Melanie HillHOST
All right, so Megyn's monologue establishes the time period.
Melanie HillHOST
It's the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential elections, and it highlights the main candidate, which would be Trump.
SivAUDIENCE
Yeah.
SivAUDIENCE
Andrew and I had Macquarie, Andrew and I were eating the Macquarie Dictionary for dinner tonight, even though he's got teeth issues.
Denis WalterHOST
Yes, he has.
Darren JamesHOST
Wow
Denis WalterHOST
Andrew and I had Macquarie...
Denis WalterHOST
Andrew and I were eating the Macquarie Dictionary for dinner tonight even though he's got teeth issues.
Denis WalterHOST
Yes, he has.
Andrew McLarenHOST
Wow
AnneAUDIENCE
It was written in the 1980s, the book, so it's not a recent book.
AnneAUDIENCE
Does it say anything about the origin? There is a thing from the Macquarie Dictionary.
AnneAUDIENCE
It says Scroggen and it's got the pronunciation.
AnneAUDIENCE
Now, a mixture of dried fruits, nuts, et cetera, used as a light but sustaining food by bushwalkers.