'Do a Bradbury' and 'bogan' among 6,000 new entries in Australian National Dictionary

Updated dictionary’s second edition has more than 6,000 new words and phrases, including entries from more than 100 Indigenous languages

It has been described as the essential document of “words that define who we are”. Now, with the addition of “bogan”, “bush baptist”, “small-l liberal” and thousands of other new entries, the Australian National Dictionary is giving the official stamp of recognition to the way Australians speak.

Or in some cases, since it is the first comprehensive update to the “primary repository” of Australian English since 1988, the way they used to speak.

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