cooldrink
South African and Indian English slang for what most of the world calls a soft drink or soda — your Coke, Fanta, lemonade, or any other chilled, non-alcoholic fizzy beverage.
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South African and Indian English slang for what most of the world calls a soft drink or soda — your Coke, Fanta, lemonade, or any other chilled, non-alcoholic fizzy beverage. In South Africa, "cooldrink" is so standard that it barely registers as slang; it's just what you call the stuff. The word has a nostalgic, childhood flavor for many South Africans — think school tuck shops, birthday parties, and hot afternoons. If you ask for a cooldrink in Joburg, everyone knows exactly what you want.
It was forty degrees and he would've sold his soul for an ice-cold cooldrink from the corner shop.
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(India, South Africa) soft drink.
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