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~ vortex ~ | 18:06 Mon 27th Nov 2006 | Phrases & Sayings
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where does the word "Binge" as in Binge drinking/Binge eating come from?
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Probably from a dialect word 'binge', meaning 'to soak'.
To add, pedantically to Q's posting... Binge entered English formally in about 1854 and referred to `heavy drinking', according to Take Our Word for It...

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