Question of the Day #47

"What did you do last night?"
"I was binge watching Chuck again."

上記の会話で、binge watchの意味は？
In the dialogue above, what does "binge watch" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


〔テレビ番組などの複数回のエピソードを連続的に〕一気に見る

Answer

According to Oxford Dictionaries:

Watch multiple episodes of (a television program) in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming.

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryのbingeの語源によると、

binge （名詞）
１８５４年、飲み合い、また動詞としては、「深酒をする、お酒を吸収する」の意。＜中略＞もともとNorthamptonの方言。第一次世界大戦のころに「大食いする」の意味も含まれるようなった。

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary for binge by itself:

binge (n.)
 1854, "drinking bout," also (v.) "drink heavily, soak up alcohol;"…Noted originally as a Northampton dialect word. Sense extended c. World War I to include eating as well as drinking.

Examples

• ‘you can binge-watch the entire season with this set’
• We binge-watched two seasons of the show in two days.
• Someone looking for something longer might binge-watch a series on Netflix.