News Encyclopedia: Macquarie’s Word of the Year 2017

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Source: Ben Ward

The public downfall of many high-profile figures has influenced Macquarie Dictionarys choice for Word of the Year for 2017. Political upheaval, major events and generational shifts also had a big impact on the lexicon of Australians, as Winmas Yu explains in this episode of News Encyclopedia.



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