Another way to say “drink”

A viral wellness drink — usually coconut water, sea salt, magnesium powder, and citrus — marketed to "lower cortisol." Evidence is thin; Pinterest loves it.

A girl whose identity is built around drinking matcha instead of coffee — usually with oat milk, always photographed against a wooden counter.

Coffee spiked with protein powder — usually whey isolate or collagen. A TikTok fitness drink that went viral in 2022 as the solution to "how do I get 30g of protein before my gym class at 6am?"

Any woman photographing her morning latte art from an elevated aesthetic angle. Adjacent to "clean girl" and "matcha girl." Subgenre of coffee content: slow sipping, wood countertops, linen sleeves, a leaf pattern in the foam. Zero calories on camera; maximum serotonin.

The surprisingly-nourishing, vaguely-suspicious, always-overpriced cuisine of airport terminals. A genre unto itself — $22 chicken wraps, $9 bottles of water, $14 beers, and the universal permission to drink before 10am.

Charmingly British slang for the activity of going to pubs — specifically the habitual or recreational practice of hopping between them. 'Pubbing' implies leisure, socialising, and a certain dedication to the British institution of the public house. It's often paired with other social activities in phrases like 'pubbing and clubbing,' suggesting a full night out. The word captures something the British take seriously: the pub isn't just a place to drink, it's a cultural ritual, and 'pubbing' is the verb form of that ritual.

Laddism is a British cultural phenomenon — the attitude and lifestyle of the 'lad': heavy drinking, sports obsession, crude humor, casual sexism, and a general disdain for anything considered too intellectual or sensitive. It peaked in the 1990s with lads' mags and football culture but never fully went away. Today it's often called out as toxic, though defenders insist it's just harmless banter. Either way, laddism is a recognizable behavior pattern that anybody who's been to a UK university will know immediately.

An Indian term for a traditional buttermilk drink, often seasoned with cumin, ginger, coriander, salt, and sometimes chili. A staple of Indian cuisine, particularly popular as a cooling drink in the summer. It is to Indian cuisine what lemonade might be to American summers — functional, refreshing, and culturally embedded.

An informal, childish diminutive of 'drink,' typically used when speaking to young children or mimicking child-directed speech. Adults also use it self-consciously for comic effect, especially when offering or requesting an alcoholic beverage in a casual setting. The -y suffix softens and infantilizes the word, making it either endearing or gently ironic depending on context.

(colloquial, countable, archaic) A session of drinking alcohol; a drinking party.

(slang) A bout of heavy drinking.

(US, Canada) A mechanical device designed to dispense small quantities of drinking water, usually in a public place such as a school or office.

(Canada) A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water; an americano.

(uncountable) Cold tea, a beverage.

(Scotland, by extension) Any two-handled drinking vessel or trophy.

(British) Like a stereotypical Jack the lad: boorish, reckless, inclined to binge drinking, etc.

(obsolete, UK, thieves) To drink.

(UK, AU, NZ) A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar.

(US, slang) Moonshine (an illicitly distilled alcoholic beverage).

(Britain, Ireland, slang) ; especially, an alcoholic beverage.

(chiefly, _, Internet slang) The sound of an animal, especially a canine, feline or ruminant, drinking water with its tongue.