The Australian | 'Kwaussie' chosen as Australia's official word of the year The Australian Thanks to Barnaby Joyce and his dual citizenship debacle, the word Kwaussie has been chosen to be Australia's official word of the year. The Australian National Dictionary Centre director Amanda Laugesen says Kwaussie — a blend of Kiwi and Aussie ... 'Kwaussie' is Australia's word of the year - and lots of people are asking if anyone's heard of it So Uh… ANU's 2017 Word Of The Year Is Literally One Nobody's Ever Said Citizenship crisis inspires Australian Dictionary Centre's word of the year |