The Macquarie Little Dictionary is now being updated annually! This new 2009 Edition not only contains content based upon the acclaimed Fourth Edition of the full Macquarie Dictionary but also even newer additional entries. This new 2009 Edition includes such up-to-date items as blogosphere, carbon capture, clean coal, globesity, trans fat, vodcasting and wiki. With over 30,000 definitions, it offers a completely up-to-date coverage of the core vocabulary of Australian English in a very handy format. The Macquarie Little Dictionary 2009 Edition offers valuable usage notes on words which can cause problems for writers of Australian English. For example, there is a note pointing out the common confusion between allusion (a reference to something) and illusion (something that is not real). Notes also point out usage dilemmas, such as when a word is used humorously or offensively. For clarity and ease of access, these usage notes are highlighted with shading. Appendixes listing prefixes and suffixes are a handy addition to an essential portable language resource, the Macquarie Little Dictionary 2009 Edition.