London - The Collins English Dictionary declared “binge-watch” its word of the year on Thursday, saying a tripling of usage in the past 12 months marks a “significant change” in British television-watching habits.
The dictionary defines the noun as “to watch a large number of television programmes, especially all the shows from one series, in succession.”
Other newly popular words on Collins’ list were “swipe”, “dadbod”, “transgender” and “Corbynomics”, named after new opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“We believe that the increase in usage of binge-watch, its encapsulation of the concept, and the fact it sums up a huge change in the way we spend our leisure time make it a worthy Collins’ word of the year,” it said.
DPA
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