Netflix en · VERB
Etymology
From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from Net (“the Internet”) + flix, an alteration of flicks (“films, movies”).
Meanings
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(Internet, informal, transitive) 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.
2007, Lani Diane Rich, “Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal”, in Jane Espenson, editor, Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe, BenBella Books, →ISBN, 108: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).
2009 November 25, Jack Bohn, “Re: "UFO" movie to star Joshua Jackson”, in rec.arts.tv (Usenet):I was surprised to see Jeffrey Tambor in this movie, as I've only recently discovered him when I Netflixed Arrested Development and the Larry Sanders show.
2014 July 13, really real [username], “...And Justice for All (1979)”, in rec.arts.movies.past-films (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netflixing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Netflixed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| Netflixed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| Netflixes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
Netflix adaptation · Netflixer · Netflixy · Netflixian · Netflix and chill
Translations (3)
th เน็ตฟลิกซ์ (to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix) · fr netflixer (to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix) · hu netflixezik (to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix)