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Where did the term binge drinking come from?
Back in the 1940s and 1950s, going on a ‘binge’ meant an extended period of heavy drinking, possibly over several days, and was strongly associated with clinical definitions of alcoholism. Ray Milland’s portrayal of the alcoholic Don Birman in the 1945 film The Lost Weekend typifies this type of binge drinking.
What is the official definition of binge drinking?
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking alcohol that brings blood alcohol concentration (BAC) to 0.08 percent—or 0.08 grams of alcohol per deciliter—or higher.
What’s another word for binge drinking?
What is another word for binge-drink?
carouse | revel |
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birl | drink freely |
drink heavily | imbibe |
pub-crawl | quaff |
rave | drink and make merry |
What is a Netflix binge?
Binge-watching (also called binge-viewing) is the practice of watching entertainment or informational content for a prolonged time span, usually a single television show. For example, 61\% of the Netflix survey participants said they binge-watch regularly.
What is the antonym of binge?
Opposite of to eat too much. diet. fast. abstain.
What drug is in beer?
Alcohol, sometimes referred to by the chemical name ethanol, is a psychoactive drug that is the active ingredient in drinks such as beer, wine, and distilled spirits (hard liquor).
What is the etymology of the word binge?
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…
Is binge drinking increasing among young people?
Binge drinking is increasing amongst young people and it is important that we tackle this development effectively. Binge drinking is now a main concern regarding young people, but drink-driving is also one of the highest causes of deaths among young people.
What is the difference between binge drinking and cigarette smoking?
For binge drinking the groups were early heavy, late moderate, infrequent, and nonbingers whereas for cigarette smoking the groups were early stable, late stable, experimenters, and quitters. Binge drinking is increasing amongst young people and it is important that we tackle this development effectively.
Will the national drink-driving scheme encourage or deter binge drinking?
Binge drinking is now a main concern regarding young people, but drink-driving is also one of the highest causes of deaths among young people. We believe also that the scheme will discourage binge drinking, which causes particular problems all to rush along at once. Example from the Hansard archive.
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