sky juice
English
editNoun
edit- (Bahamas) A drink combining coconut water (or coconut milk), condensed milk (or evaporated milk), and alcohol, especially gin.
- Synonym: gully wash
- (Jamaica) A drink of shaved ice flavoured with syrup or fresh cane juice, typically served in a plastic bag.
- (slang) Rain.
- (Malaysia, slang) plain water; drinking water
- 2017 January 3, Arif "MSS" Anwar, Twitter[1], retrieved 17 October 2021:
- ordered some sky juice from a restaurant expecting some exotic shit. they gave me water. top tier memes from the malaysians
Synonyms
edit- (drink of shaved ice): suck-suck
Jamaican Creole
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editsky juice (plural sky juice dem, quantified sky juice)
- A snow cone served in a clear plastic bag instead of a cone ; sky juice
- Synonym: suck-suck
- Mi cyaan drink bag juice inna di sun hot. Sell me a sky juice, Fudgie.
- It's too hot out to drink bag juice. I'd like a sky juice, Fudgie.
See also
editFurther reading
edit- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 512
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