Macquarie Concise Dictionary
Author(s): Macquarie Library
The richness of Macquarie distilled into a compact format, the Concise meets the needs of the general reader in a book which is accessible, portable and easy-to-use. This edition features: thousands of new words and up-to-date definitions such as climate wars, ecowarrior, fanta pants, flashpacker, GFC, lifestreaming, toxic debt; new computer words and related technical jargon such as advergaming, breadcrumb navigation, cybersquatting and first-person shooter; new encyclopedic entries such as Barack Obama, Barangaroo, Black Saturday, Earth Hour, Large Hadron Collider, Stephanie Rice and many more; words and phrases from regional Australia, such as black snow, hydro pole, nointer, schnitter and many more; etymologies of words and phrases.
Product Information
General Fields
- :
- : MacQuarie Library Pty.Ltd
- : MacQuarie Library Pty.Ltd
- : 1.806
- : 01 August 2009
- : 245mm X mm
- : Australia
- : 23 July 2023
- : books
Special Fields
- : Macquarie Library
- : Hardback
- : 5th Revised edition
- : 427.0994
- : 1520