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Today we saunter through the world of words. Two Australian lexicographers Sue Butler and Amanda Laugesen explore how words come about in a dictionary.
Our language reflects the changing texture of the Australian community, growing religious diversity and multiculturalism. And with these changes, words like
karma,
temple and
Zen have entered popular use. At the same time, these words can have complex meanings and associations, particularly within the religious communities that produced them.
So how do words come and go from our dictionaries? And what does that say about our wider society?
We also look at slang, words used by convicts, and find out if swearing is the marker of our particular brand of Australian English.