Do you love a good photobomb as much as the next person? Then you’ll be delighted to hear that ‘photobomb’ was recently named Word of the Year by the folk at Collins English Dictionary.
The 12th edition of the Collins English Dictionary is getting published today and to celebrate the occasion, the fine people at Collins announced that ‘photobomb’ has been named as the dictionary’s Word of the Year.
Our #wordoftheyear is photobomb! Do send us your favourite examples #CEDlovewords pic.twitter.com/nxz72JycYH
— Collins Dictionary (@collinsdict) October 23, 2014
The dictionary definition of ‘photobomb’, according to Collins Dictionary, is “to intrude into the background of a photograph without the subject’s knowledge.” So without further ado, here’s a look at some of our all-time favourite photobombs that have featured on JOE.
“What are you lookin’ at?” 
Harrington acting the maggot
Kearney can’t catch a break
@BrianODriscoll @KearneyRob Photo bombed by BOD… I’ve had worse Monday mornings! #HappyMonday pic.twitter.com/pJJAHSAC18 — Ann-Marie Stone (@AnnMarieStone89) March 31, 2014
“Hey there good lookin’”
Cheeky…
Ah, what a lovely phot… oh.
And the Academy Award for the best photobomb goes to…
Benedict Cumberbatch photobomb at the #Oscars pic.twitter.com/BpX8roYAWl
— Phil Edwards (@Live_for_Films) March 3, 2014
And finally, the classic…
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