Cumberbatch
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English
Etymology
Variant of Comberbach.
Proper noun
Cumberbatch (plural Cumberbatches)
- A surname.
Derived terms
terms derived from Cumberbatch (surname)
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Cumberbatch is the 16376th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1758 individuals. Cumberbatch is most common among Black/African American (84.46%) individuals.
Verb
Cumberbatch (third-person singular simple present Cumberbatches, present participle Cumberbatching, simple past and past participle Cumberbatched)
- (slang) To expose to actor Benedict Cumberbatch and/or his work.
- 2012 May 29, Victoria Kennedy, “OK, I get it now. Benedict Cumberbatch looked hot on the Bafta red carpet”, in Now:
- Add *those* topless pictures of him on the beach that we published in Now last week to the mix, and I think I'm starting to get where all you women who want to be Cumberbatched are coming from...
- 2012, Heather Croteau, "A Guide to Fall TV", Relevant, Issue 59, September/October 2012, page 32:
- Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way: If you're a die-hard Sherlock fan, you're probably not going to be enthusiastic about another Sherlock Holmes series. Once you've been Cumberbatched, you don't go back.
- 2013 July 28, Linda Barnard, “Toronto, prepare to get Cumberbatched: Benedict Cumberbatch in three TIFF films”, in Toronto Star:
- The Toronto International Film Festival is about to get Cumberbatched.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Cumberbatch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 393.