Author(s): Macquarie Library

Reference

This edition of the Macquarie Little Dictionary includes such up-to-date items as clean fuel, flashpacking, GFC, lifestreaming, textaholic, tidal power and toxic debt. With over 30,000 definitions, it offers a completely up-to-date coverage of the core vocabulary of Australian English in a very handy format. It offers valuable usage notes on words which can cause problems for writers of Australian English. Notes also point out usage dilemmas, such as when a word is used humorously or offensively. For clarity and ease of access, these usage notes are highlighted with shading.