alcopop
UK/ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/US/ˈæl.koʊ.pɑp/
alcopop noun: an alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.
Noun
alcopop (usually uncountable, plural alcopops)
- 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).1999, Stanton Peel, Marcus Grant, editors, Alcohol and Pleasure: a health perspective
- The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture.2003 January 23, Dave Haslam, London Review of Books
Forms of alcopop
| plural | alcopops |
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Origin of alcopop
Blend of alcohol + pop (“sweetened carbonated drink”).
Questions about alcopop
- What does alcopop mean?
- Alcopop means an alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.
- What part of speech is alcopop?
- Alcopop is a noun.
- How do you pronounce alcopop?
- Alcopop is pronounced /ˈæl.kəʊ.pɒp/ (UK).
- What is the plural of alcopop?
- The plural of alcopop is alcopops.
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