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binge (n.)
1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge"soak" (a wooden vessel). Said to have been originally as a dialect word: Binge is noted in Evans' "Leicestershire Words, Phrases and Proverbs" (London, 1848) as a dialect verb for "To soak in water a wooden vessel, that would otherwise leak," to make the wood swell. He adds that it was extended locally to excessive drinking ("soaking"). Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking. Binge-watching is from 1996. Related: Binged; bingeing.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=binge
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a. Said to have been originally as a dialect word.
b. Said to be originally as a dialect word. [my version]
I don't see much difference in meaning between them in this case, main because of "originally", which already indicates that that happened in the past. Do you agree?
(Edit: Fixed a typo.)
1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;" dialectal use of binge"soak" (a wooden vessel). Said to have been originally as a dialect word: Binge is noted in Evans' "Leicestershire Words, Phrases and Proverbs" (London, 1848) as a dialect verb for "To soak in water a wooden vessel, that would otherwise leak," to make the wood swell. He adds that it was extended locally to excessive drinking ("soaking"). Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking. Binge-watching is from 1996. Related: Binged; bingeing.
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=binge
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a. Said to have been originally as a dialect word.
b. Said to be originally as a dialect word. [my version]
I don't see much difference in meaning between them in this case, main because of "originally", which already indicates that that happened in the past. Do you agree?
(Edit: Fixed a typo.)
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