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Our 2026 annual appeal is asking for your regional Australian English terms. And no, it's not all about potato scallops vs potato cakes. history.cass.anu.edu.au/centres/andc/n…
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. 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. He was the Chief Editor of the Australian National Dictionary (2nd ed. 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.
