You can't escape so-called Fake News these days, and now it's even in the dictionary.

Collins' dictionary to be precise, as the language keepers have named the term their "word of the year" for 2017.

According to a report iin British paper The Guardian, Collins monitored use of the term first coined in the 90s and found it increased by more than 365 per cent since 2016.

KEVIN LAMARQUE/REUTERS President Trump's favoruite phrase is getting the star treatment.

A favourite of US president Donald Trump, the term has been used by critics on both sides of the political divide to deny stories that don't fit their narrative, attack them, or are legitimately, deliberately fake - a phenomenon that has only arisen in a last few years.

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Also hitting the list are "echo chamber" for surrounding yourself with news sources and people who mirror your world view, "antifa" to describe a loosely organised group of anti-facism protesters - which rose 7,000 per cent according to Collins - and "Corbynmania", which describes a "fervent enthusiasm" for British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, much like our own "Jacindamania".

FILE PIC Collins Dictionary has just made "Fake News" the word of the year

Collins head of language content Helen Newstead says much of this year's list is "definitely politically charged, but with a new president in the US and a snap election in the UK, it is perhaps no surprise that politics continues to electrify the language".