What it means
To binge something is to devour it all in one greedy sitting, episode after episode or the whole bag of crisps, with zero self-control. The marathon of pure indulgence.
Usage examples
"We binged the entire series in one weekend."
"I binged a whole tub of ice cream watching it."
"We were only gonna watch one episode and then fully binged the whole season till 3 a.m."
"I bought snacks for the week and somehow binged half of them in one film night."
Where it comes from
Binge goes back to English dialect use for heavy drinking sprees, especially from the mid 1800s in Britain. It first meant a bout of excessive booze, then widened out over time to any all-in session of overdoing it. That's how we got binge-watch, binge-eat, and the whole glorious no-brakes vibe.
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