Stagger soup is a North American slang term for whisky — typically cheap, rough, or strongly intoxicating whisky. The name captures the practical effect of drinking enough of it: you stagger. It belongs to the colourful tradition of American frontier and working-class slang for alcohol, alongside terms like 'rotgut,' 'firewater,' and 'skull-cracker.' The register is informal, humorous, and slightly self-aware about the beverage's antisocial potential.
He poured two glasses of stagger soup from a bottle with no label and said it was from a local still.
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(North America, slang) whisky.
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