alcopop

Definition

An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.

Etymology

Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”).

Example Sentences

• "However, the media soon went too far in playing the story up, claiming that underage drinkers drank only alcopop (actually they preferred cheap cider)."
• "The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture."
• "Over on cheap flights from Prestwick and Stansted, these boys were often to be found floating trouserless in the Liffey at dawn, or staggering up Grafton Street, their T-shirts clinging to them with alcopops and spilled Sambuca."

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