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Netflix

verb

Etymology

From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).

Definitions

  1. To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix.

    • He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day.
    • We started with Buffy, which had us completely sucked in by the time Xander's buddies ate Principle Flutie. Then, after Netflixing Buffy all the way to the end, we started on Angel.
    • I'm Netflixing the series now (for their fish-faced, airplane-launched Lunar Module shuttle, alas a bit beyond reality, even if you discount the airplane doing Harrier Jump Jet takeoffs as mere technological bravura).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for Netflix. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA