Tag: lexicography
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Do you know what a ‘Googery’ is?
In this article, reproduced from our latest issue of Ozwords, Bruce Moore explores an Australian English word from an aboriginal language, ‘googery’. In Lily on the Dustbin: Slang of Australian Women and Families (1982), Nancy Keesing includes a list of words supplied to her by the poet Les Murray. Included in the list is the…
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Oxford Book of the Month: It’s Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Cliches
This month, Nicola Weideling, our Marketing Operations Manager, reviews It’s Been Said Before: A Guide to the Use and Abuse of Clichés by Orin Hargraves. Tired, trite, overused — clichés have their detractors. But when used well and in the correct context, they can succinctly express a writer’s view, an emotion or an idea. Orin…