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'Enshittification': Australian Dictionary's Word Of The Year, What It Means
Australia's quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked "enshittification" as the word of 2024, tapping into a growing sense that once-great digital services are bad and getting worse.
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England's 'Bazball' Included in Collins Dictionary, Australia Star Calls It "Garbage"
'Bazball' was one of Collins' 10 words of the year and was also shortlisted for the Word of the Year but lost out to AI.
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Tamil Nadu-Born 9-Year-Old Twins Taking Australia's Spelling Bee by Storm
Barely nine years old, these Tamil Nadu-born twins have a vocabulary of nearly 50,000 words, which they have put to good use to figure among the top 12 contestants on the Great Australian Spelling Bee. The final contest is scheduled in two weeks.
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'Shirtfront' Named Australia's Word of the Year in 2014
It was chosen from a shortlist including the terms "Team Australia," "man-bun", "Ned Kelly beard", and "coward punch".
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Tony Abbott's 'Shirtfront' is Australia's Word of the Year
"Shirtfront", an aggressive Australian sports term used by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to challenge Russia's Vladimir Putin, was Wednesday picked as the National Dictionary Centre's word of the year, beating "man-bun".
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Australia's India dominance is refreshing
Domineering. There is no other word for it. Australia's innings and 68-run victory over India at the SCG was the most comprehensive mauling meted out to an opponent of note in more than two years, and the hammer blow in a series that had begun with the visitors considered favourites. How strange and distant that seems now. Michael Clarke's team...
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Australia win the 2010 Hockey World Cup
Australia won the men's field hockey World Cup after a gap of 24 years with a 2-1 victory over defending champions Germany in the final on Saturday.
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'Enshittification': Australian Dictionary's Word Of The Year, What It Means
Australia's quasi-official Macquarie Dictionary has picked "enshittification" as the word of 2024, tapping into a growing sense that once-great digital services are bad and getting worse.
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England's 'Bazball' Included in Collins Dictionary, Australia Star Calls It "Garbage"
'Bazball' was one of Collins' 10 words of the year and was also shortlisted for the Word of the Year but lost out to AI.
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Tamil Nadu-Born 9-Year-Old Twins Taking Australia's Spelling Bee by Storm
Barely nine years old, these Tamil Nadu-born twins have a vocabulary of nearly 50,000 words, which they have put to good use to figure among the top 12 contestants on the Great Australian Spelling Bee. The final contest is scheduled in two weeks.
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'Shirtfront' Named Australia's Word of the Year in 2014
It was chosen from a shortlist including the terms "Team Australia," "man-bun", "Ned Kelly beard", and "coward punch".
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Tony Abbott's 'Shirtfront' is Australia's Word of the Year
"Shirtfront", an aggressive Australian sports term used by Prime Minister Tony Abbott to challenge Russia's Vladimir Putin, was Wednesday picked as the National Dictionary Centre's word of the year, beating "man-bun".
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Australia's India dominance is refreshing
Domineering. There is no other word for it. Australia's innings and 68-run victory over India at the SCG was the most comprehensive mauling meted out to an opponent of note in more than two years, and the hammer blow in a series that had begun with the visitors considered favourites. How strange and distant that seems now. Michael Clarke's team...
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Australia win the 2010 Hockey World Cup
Australia won the men's field hockey World Cup after a gap of 24 years with a 2-1 victory over defending champions Germany in the final on Saturday.
