"vodka" means: A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
vodka
A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
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BlueskyMay 2026
꒰ it's 2:55AM and all the vodka redbulls have finally given you wings ꒱
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BlueskyMay 2026
So you could as easily make it with vodka which could be cheaper depending on brand chosen. There are no inexpensive teguilas
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BlueskyMay 2026
x-ray x-ray mine? x-ray vodka yielded... oxidation six pyramid... meet cat out... saucer yielded zip himself verbalized? gained year... long... lime? wish no... dying..
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BlueskyMay 2026
I was on a Ryanair flight recently and the guy next to me was sold 6 little bottles of vodka in the space of about 30 minutes, so I think O'Leary should sort his own house out first. www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...
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BlueskyMay 2026
last night i told ya i loved ya, woke up, blamed it on the vodka.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.
Origin: , from water + -let: forming diminutives. The archaic Russian name for vodka was grain wine; V. Pokhlyobkin's research suggests the present name derived from expressions concerning the dilution of the initial pure distilled spirit such as "vodka of grain wine". Cognates include , → , and. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
For parents
"vodka" means: A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
For ESL learners
"vodka" means: A clear distilled alcoholic liquor made from grain mash.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
Cluster: alcohol
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“꒰ it's 2:55AM and all the vodka redbulls have finally given you wings ꒱”
— Bluesky· May 2026“So you could as easily make it with vodka which could be cheaper depending on brand chosen. There are no inexpensive teguilas”
— Bluesky· May 2026“x-ray x-ray mine? x-ray vodka yielded... oxidation six pyramid... meet cat out... saucer yielded zip himself verbalized? gained year... long... lime? wish no... dying..”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I was on a Ryanair flight recently and the guy next to me was sold 6 little bottles of vodka in the space of about 30 minutes, so I think O'Leary should sort his own house out first. www.irishtimes.com/transport/20...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“last night i told ya i loved ya, woke up, blamed it on the vodka.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(US, _, standard of identity) Neutral spirits distilled (or treated after distillation) so as to have no distinctive character, aroma, taste or color.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
A serving of the above beverage.
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“... in a separate incident soon after. At another time, 20 Russians were injured after drinking vodka laced with poison during a national event. Such operations have become very difficult to organise in recent years, as the Russians have installed CCTV widely across Mariupol ...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“need to be one of many dogs yapping on barstools sooner rather than later. vodka water in a dog bowl garçon svp.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Yes, I love potato Potato is loyal It fry and it mash And it bake and it boil Potato is with you From vodka to fries It watch over you As potato has eyes”
— Bluesky· May 2026“dear princess celestia, forgiveness and grace prove again to be powerful friendship techniques. sometimes that second chance can end up with a girl pouring half a bottle of cheap vodka down your throat and making you sit on her face! your faithful student, twilight sparkle”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Why is this section here?
Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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