Pig Out (1977)
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Bapopik at AOL.COM
Tue Jun 21 06:40:38 UTC 2005
If you put pork on your fork, you might want to "pig out." Revised OED, what
say you?
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(OED)
ADDITIONS SERIES 1993
pig, v.
Add: 4. intr. to pig out, to over-indulge or ‘make a pig of oneself’ by
over-eating. Also const. on (the food specified) and transf. slang (orig.
and chiefly N. Amer.).
1978 _T. GIFFORD_ (http://dictionary.oed.com/help/bib/oed2-g.html#t-gifford)
Glendower Legacy (1979) 73 I'm just going to pig out at home. 1981 J. FONDA
Workout Bk. (1982) 29 Troy and Vanessa..pig out for days on leftover
Halloween candy. 1986 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 11 Oct. (Weekend Suppl.) 9/2 Laura
pigs out on junk food and watches late night movies. 1987 Observer 15 Nov.
10/2 You may not want to ‘pig out’, as the brochure pleasantly puts it, on
movies and junk food for two days. 1987 Time 11 May 29/1 To prevent Americans
from pigging out on between-meal snacks, herewith some..tips.
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_The Picnic: Everything But the Ants_
(http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=368&did=135449872&SrchMode=1&sid=8&Fmt=12&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=HN
P&TS=1119335451&clientId=65882)
BY CAROL CONN. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.:
Mar 31, 1978. p. W5 (1 page) :
If you really want to pig out, the Old World Market next door will
collaborate with the Wharf to put together a veritable graing (??-ed.) board of meats,
cheese and wine to go with that seafood sandwich.
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_Daily Times_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Viewer.aspx?img=Ga2xMtpV76yKID/6NLMW2n3banenkzycBVDnEINMy4GmsbVNob/9VEIF+CsZYmrz) _Saturday, April 09,
1977_ (http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search=) _Salisbury,_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="pig+out"+AND+cityid:25627+AND+stat
eid:49+AND+range:1964-1978) _Maryland_
(http://www.newspaperarchive.com/Search.aspx?Search="pig+out"+AND+stateid:49+AND+range:1964-1978) ...I've just
lost a few poun- ds. I'll PIG OUT at Christmas. You'll see." But..
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