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binge-watching

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Watching many episodes of a show in one sitting or over a short time.

Detailed Definition
This is a modern media term for consuming a lot of television at once, especially through streaming platforms. It is familiar to many readers, but still more specialized than ordinary vocabulary and tied to contemporary viewing habits.
Example
Example in poetry:
“He speaks of binge-watching nights, when AI picks went astray,” names prolonged viewing of successive episodes; “we binge-watched storms on the glowing screen” turns a modern habit into lyric imagery; a contemporary poem might contrast binge-watching with “the unwatched moon outside”; the term can explore attention, algorithmic recommendation, isolation, and shared popular culture
Additional Notes
The quoted line uses a modern media-specific term that some readers may not know outside streaming culture.; Found in the poem, Welcome to Wonderland by Richard
Also Known As
marathon viewing serial viewing immersive watching
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