Street Names for Alcohol - Nexus Recovery Services | Los Angeles Outpatient Treatment (2024)

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What is the slang for shots of alcohol? ›

Among the terms used to reference alcohol are: booze, firewater, hooch, sauce, spirit, juice, poison, liquid courage, giggle juice, giggle water, moonshine, tipple, nightcap (a drink before bed), shooter (a shot), rotgut (poor quality or toxic liquor), brewski (beer), suds (beer), cold one (beer), half-rack (12-pack of ...

Some common street names and nicknames for alcohol include: Booze. Juice. Giggle juice.

Rotgut (poor quality or toxic liquor)

Many people have heard of the names “booze,” “brew,” and “cold one” to describe alcohol, specifically beer. Some other common street names and nicknames for alcohol include: Juice. Sauce.

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Cooter Brown, sometimes given as Cootie Brown, is a name used in metaphors and similes for drunkenness, mostly in the Southern United States.

Alcohol use disorder, as opposed to alcoholism, acknowledges that continued excessive use of alcohol is a chronic disease. AUD can go into remission but is not curable and subject to relapse.

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Bend an Elbow – Have a drink. “He's been known to bend an elbow with the boys.”

A: The thousands of synonyms for drinking and drunkenness range from the mundane (“tipsy”) to the arcane (“all geezed up”) and the colorful (“at peace with the floor”), says Ralph Keyes in his book, “Euphemania: Our Love Affair with Euphemisms.” With elaborate decorum, drinkers “lift an elbow” to down a libation as an ...

What is another name for alcohol abuse? ›

Other names for AUD include alcohol misuse, alcohol dependence, alcohol addiction, and alcoholism.

People typically got hooch or giggle water – alcohol– from a barrel house or gin mill, which were distribution places, and maybe kept it in their hipflask (which is pretty self-explanatory).

Like other liquors, a standard whiskey pour is 1.5 ounces for shot, 2 ounces for a neat or rocks pour, and 3 ounces for a double. Pouring whiskey is right up there with pouring beer in importance, as every bartender needs to master these.

Shicker. Shicker is similar to a number of the other words on this list in that it existed as an adjective (meaning “drunk”) before becoming used as a noun.

Lit. Something lit is exciting, fun, cool. Often used to describe an experience. It can also be used to describe someone as being drunk.

Meaning of big shot in English

a person or an organization with a lot of power or influence: He is trying to become a big shot in the mortgage business.

A jigger is a double shot, hence why it's often referred to as a double jigger, meaning it holds 1.5 US fluid ounces of liquor. These jigger measurements are the standard for most bartenders when making co*cktails and other drinks. The larger side of the jigger is often referred to as a “jigger shot” or “full jigger”.