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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of cologne

Hi

Some creative Indian writer used cologne as a verb in an Indian magazine recently. I want to ask how it sounds to your native ears?

(It was something like this...)

He didn't cologne himself every day, but there were occasions when...

Thanks,

Tom

  

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It means using perfume but I think it originates from the German city of Cologne, where Eau de Cologne, also known as 4711, is produced.

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  • It means using perfume but I think it originates from the German city of Cologne, where Eau de Cologne, also known as 4711, is produced.
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It means using perfume but I think it originates from the German city of Cologne, where Eau de Cologne, also known as 4711, is produced.

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We already have a word for that: perfume. The example you show is easy to understand, but it doesn't sound natural.

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