Scottish slang for strong fortified wine — the kind of cheap, high-alcohol wine associated with street drinking and heavy inebriation.
Scottish slang for strong fortified wine — the kind of cheap, high-alcohol wine associated with street drinking and heavy inebriation. The 'electric' element suggests the powerful, jolting effect of the drink. Terms like this cluster around specific products like Buckfast Tonic Wine, though electric soup is a general label. Used with dark humor about serious drinking culture, not as a casual compliment to a wine.
He was propped against the wall outside with a bottle of electric soup and a look of complete serenity.
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(North America, slang) whisky.
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.
(figuratively) A mixed-up mush.
(slang, simile) Utterly senseless or insane.
(Scotland, slang) Strong fortified wine.