binger

See also: Binger

English

Etymology

From binge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Noun

binger (plural bingers)

1. Someone who binges.
   • 2009 March 13, Christine Muhlke, “The Talk”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     wonky […] crooked, off-center or askew, as in, “That wonky cake pan I picked up in Paris makes each slice a different size — perfect for the office anorexic and binger alike!”; slightly odd or eccentric, i.e., “His pink folding bicycle is a little wonky, but he won’t leave home without it.”

2. (slang) A session of drinking alcohol heavily.

   Synonym: bender

   • 2017, Lizzy Ford, North (#3, History Interrupted)

     I'd been on a binger once or twice, but it lasted maybe eight hours. From what I could tell, these people began drinking long before the ceremony.

Anagrams

• Bergin, Bering, Ingber, bering, bringe

French

Etymology

From English binge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bin.ʒe/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

binger

1. (Internet) to binge watch

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written binge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of binger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	binger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bingeant /bin.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bingé /bin.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	binge /binʒ/	binges /binʒ/	binge /binʒ/	bingeons /bin.ʒɔ̃/	bingez /bin.ʒe/	bingent /binʒ/
	imperfect	bingeais /bin.ʒɛ/	bingeais /bin.ʒɛ/	bingeait /bin.ʒɛ/	bingions /bin.ʒjɔ̃/	bingiez /bin.ʒje/	bingeaient /bin.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	bingeai /bin.ʒe/	bingeas /bin.ʒa/	bingea /bin.ʒa/	bingeâmes /bin.ʒam/	bingeâtes /bin.ʒat/	bingèrent /bin.ʒɛʁ/
	future	bingerai /bin.ʒə.ʁe/	bingeras /bin.ʒə.ʁa/	bingera /bin.ʒə.ʁa/	bingerons /bin.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/	bingerez /bin.ʒə.ʁe/	bingeront /bin.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bingerais /bin.ʒə.ʁɛ/	bingerais /bin.ʒə.ʁɛ/	bingerait /bin.ʒə.ʁɛ/	bingerions /bin.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	bingeriez /bin.ʒə.ʁje/	bingeraient /bin.ʒə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	binge /binʒ/	binges /binʒ/	binge /binʒ/	bingions /bin.ʒjɔ̃/	bingiez /bin.ʒje/	bingent /binʒ/
	imperfect2	bingeasse /bin.ʒas/	bingeasses /bin.ʒas/	bingeât /bin.ʒa/	bingeassions /bin.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	bingeassiez /bin.ʒa.sje/	bingeassent /bin.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	binge /binʒ/	—	bingeons /bin.ʒɔ̃/	bingez /bin.ʒe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).