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pig-out

[pig-out]

noun

Slang.
  1. an instance of overindulging in eating; food binge.



pig out

verb

  1. slang(intr, adverb) to gorge oneself

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pig-out1

First recorded in 1975–80; noun use of verb phrase pig out
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Idioms and Phrases

Eat ravenously, gorge oneself, as in The kids pigged out on the candy they had collected on Halloween. [Slang; early 1970s]
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The “embutida” pupusa is a total pig-out, a masa shell in which ham, sausage and mortadella are suspended in the kitchen’s custom three-cheese blend.

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The crisp sandwich is meant to be an uninhibited pig-out, which will be ruined by using earnest wholemeal or ostensibly healthy seeded breads.

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It recently tested the bae-cone, aseitan “bacon” cone stuffed with chicken, fries and cheese sauce, which it called a“pig-free pig-out”.

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Then there is the president’s favorite pig-out food.

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In all, we had a diet regimen that was part Paleo, part pig-out.

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