The word "Teal" has been chosen as the Australian Word of the Year for 2022, referring to the wave of independent candidates successfully challenging sitting Liberal politicians in this year's federal election, beating out the words "cooker", "eshay", "quiet quitting" and "shrinkflation".
Each year the National Dictionary Centre, based at the Australian National University, selects a word or expression that has gained prominence in the Australian landscape over the past 12 months.
