Collins Dictionaries have announced that "binge-watch" is their word of the year for 2015, while a number of other new words have been worthy of a mention in their list.
The word has seen a 200% increase in usage, according to the dictionary makers, who report that services such as Netflix and the iPlayer, as well as DVD box sets are responsible for it becoming a much more common utterance.
While it was crowned the Word of the Year, "clean-eating" also gets a mention as one of the other big words from the last 12 months, which may well help to balance out all that time spent on the couch watching TV.
Other mentions include "dadbod" in reference to the turn against the extremely toned male physique in favour of one that doesn't have rippling abs, "ghosting" where you break up with someone by cutting off contact with them and "contactless", as the trend in payment continues to grow.
The term "manspreading", which refers to men spreading their legs too wide when they sit down, in particular on public transport, has also seen a big jump, while the rise in Tinder usage (as well as touchscreen devices in general) has seen "swipe" making plenty of headway.
Can you get your legs a bit wider there? #manspreading #manshaming pic.twitter.com/vKIASIDZvJ
— Adam™ (@dangerous_adam) November 2, 2015
Use of the word "shaming" has tripled in usage since 2014, which Collins highlight as being a result of negative comments on social media, while "transgender" has doubled in usage thanks in part to high profile figures such as Caitlyn Jenner and Laverne Cox bringing it into the media spotlight.
According to their post on the new words, all those entries listed above will now be on the online dictionary, but with the next reprint of the dictionary in hard copy not due until 2018, they're keeping schtum on which (if any) will make the cut.
