Australians add new words to dictionary By Nick Squires In Sydney Last Updated: 1:20pm GMT 10/01/2008 They gave the world budgie smugglers, sanger, arvo and barbie*, but Australians have shown themselves to be endlessly inventive, with a new collection of words and phrases added to the rich repository of Strine. The country’s biggest online dictionary, Macquarie, has included the 85 words or phrases in its latest online edition and wants Australians to vote for the one they consider most influential or apposite. Toad juice anyone? They are grouped in 17 categories, from business to travel, and...
