--- description: It beat out "dadbod" and "manspreading" title: This Is the Word of the Year for 2015 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Word of the Year for 2015 by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2015 8:26 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 6, 2015 8:26 AM CUT If you’ve ever repeatedly succumbed to that 15-second window Netflix gives you to decide whether to watch another _House of Cards_ episode, you’ve indulged in what British dictionary Collins has deemed 2015’s [Word of the Year.](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/word-lovers-blog/new/top-10-collins-words-of-the-year,259,HCB.html "undefined") You guessed it: _binge-watch_. According to a list released by the dictionary on Thursday, the word — which of course means “to watch a large number of television programs (especially all the shows from one series) in succession” — beat out other popular terms from this year, including _dadbod_ and _ghosting_. [See the full list here](http://www.collinsdictionary.com/word-lovers-blog/new/top-10-collins-words-of-the-year,259,HCB.html "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/"},"headline":"This Is the Word of the Year for 2015","datePublished":"2015-11-06T08:26:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:26:40.842Z","description":"According to the U.K.'s Collins dictionary","url":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society","Internet"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/","name":"This Is the Word of the Year for 2015"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: How to be Mentally Strong","description":"It’s estimated that you say 300-1,000 to yourself in a minute: keep those words positive","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/uzXSRUbM/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-08-25T17:28:45.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/uzXSRUbM.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4102569/collins-dictionary-word-of-the-year/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```