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A Sad Day for the French Language: Le Binge Drinking Gets Its Own Word - Foreign Policy (blog)

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A Sad Day for the French Language: Le Binge Drinking Gets Its Own Word
Foreign Policy (blog)
Authorities in France have struck yet another "Anglo-Saxon" term from the country's lexicon and replaced it with a domestic equivalent. As of this week, the French no longer engage in "le binge drinking" -- the proper term in la langue française is now ...
French language police call time on 'le binge drinking'The Guardian
The buzz on France's new phrase for binge drinkingRFI

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