alcopop

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/(UK)
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/ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/(UK) · /ˈæl.koʊ.pɑp/(US) · /ˈæl.kə.pɑp/(US)

Definition of alcopop

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Australia, British, Ireland, uncountable, usually)An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.
    “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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Etymology

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

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