Komasaufen
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Koma (“coma”) + Saufen (“drinking”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Komasaufen n (strong, genitive Komasaufens, no plural)
- (informal) an extreme form of binge drinking where loss of consciousness is common and condoned (though not usually intended), especially as a group activity among adolescents (about which there was a moral panic in the early 2000s)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Komasaufen [sg-only, neuter, strong]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: comazuipen (calque)
Further reading[edit]
- “Komasaufen” in Duden online
- “Komasaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache