Australian National Dictionary Centre, ANU

A belated and no fanfare 2025 word of the year for the Centre. We chose 'social media ban'. And for all of you who say it's not a word: may your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down😀 Read all about it in the ANU Reporter. https://tinyurl.com/2w3afx49

Congratulations to Dr Bruce Moore on becoming an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). Bruce was the director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre from 1994 to 2011. His award comes in recognition of his distinguished service to linguistics, to the scholarship of Australian English, to lexicography, to the history of language, and to tertiary education. He was the Chief Editor of the 2nd edition of the Australian National Dictionary published in 2016.

We were very pleased to get the news today that the Australian National Dictionary Centre will be saved, thanks to an anonymous donation and the halt on involuntary redundancies under the Renew ANU plan. We thank everyone for their generous support through these difficult times.

Congratulations to the Australian National Dictionary Centre's director Amanda Laugesen. Her book 'Australia in 100 Words' has just been shortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister's Literary Awards (Australian History).

The ANU is moving to kill the Australian National Dictionary – this is why it matters The dictionary is a living, breathing and evolving record of how language is wrapped up in who we are as Australians. It is vital we protect it.

Australian National Dictionary Centre could be shut down Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

AAH raise alarm over ANU cuts & the national capability at risk ANU restructuring of humanities & social sciences programs warning that the cuts pose a threat to Australia’s sovereign capability

Our fabulous Visiting Fellow Bernadette Hince discusses some of the terms in her new polar dictionary.

‘Greenlandisation’, sea ice, permafrost: how polar words explain a changing world The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words for snow and ice.

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/australia-in-100-words-lexicography-amanda-laugesen/105090420?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared

How Australia developed its own vernaculuar - ABC listen Historian and Director of the Australian National Dictionary Centre Amanda Laugesen has chronicled the linguistic history of Australia, in 100 words. Guest: Amanda Laugesen, lexicographer, ANU Producer: Helen Pitt

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/nov/20/and-the-word-of-the-year-is-colesworth-derogatory

And the word of the year is… ‘Colesworth’ (derogatory) | First Dog on the Moon Why does everyone blame supermarkets for the cost of living? Because it is their fault!