Words at Play : 17 of the Finest Words for Drinking
Definition:
: inferior whiskey or other strong liquor
Example:
Have you never heard of a kind of gin That makes 'em fat as well as thin, That makes 'em tight as well as loose? Have you never heard of Slangy Sleuce and his bug juice? – Lewis Bond, One Year in Briartown, 1879
About the Word:
The disambiguation page for bug juice found on Wikipedia helpfully provides several possible applications for the term. These include the United States Marine Corps' slang for insect repellent; extremely sweet drinks often found at summer camps; the alcoholic definition found at the beginning of this entry; and the name of a children's television show that ran on the Disney Channel from 1998-2001.
Perhaps the Disney Channel picked this title after finding that Rotgut and Plonk were already taken.
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