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Netflix
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English
Etymology
From the company name Netflix, founded in 1997, probably from en Net the Internet flix, an alteration of en flicks films, movies.
Verb
en transitive Internet informal To watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix. from the 2000s
en He used to Netflix for 5 hours a day.
en 2007 Lani Diane Rich Curse Your Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal Jane Espenson Serenity Found: More Unauthorized Essays on Joss Whedon's Firefly Universe BenBella Books 9781935251323 kvu897cx6_EC 108 Netflixing 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.
en 2009-11-25 Jack Bohn Re: "UFO" movie to star Joshua Jackson https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/rec.arts.tv/gA6_MCfdPmM/XzJ7iRP2PDQJ rec.arts.tv 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).
en 2014-07-13 really real [username] ...And Justice for All (1979) https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/rec.arts.movies.past-films/QQZUVawOLEM/hComEr9fY0kJ rec.arts.movies.past-films 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.
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Related terms
en Netflix and chill Netflix adaptation Netflixer Netflixian Netflixy
Translations
to watch (a film or TV series) using the Internet streaming media provider Netflix
French: fr netflixer
Hungarian: hu netflixezik
Thai: th เน็ตฟลิกซ์ nèt-flíks, nét-flìk