ASSOCIATED PRESS Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott holds up a durian as he visits Singapore's Bishan Park on Sunday, June 28, 2015 in Singapore. (AP Photo/Joseph Nair)

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott just won the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year, with his infamous "captain's call."

The Macquarie Dictionary on Thursday announced the winner of its annual Word of the Year. The word of the year is... well... two words, with Abbott's line narrowly pipping "lumbersexual" and "deso" (for "designated driver").

A committee including journalists, academics and Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler deliberated over the winner.

"Captain’s call perfectly encapsulates what happened in Australia over the past year. There has been an interesting change in usage; an infrequent item of the jargon of cricket makes the leap into politics and is now being used generally with an ironic tinge to it that is very Australian," the committee said.