5wolfcubs Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I mean, what constitutes a stiff drink? I assume the phrase is used in the same way I would say "I need to pour chocolate chips in my mouth." Actually, I've never said that...but I have done it! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyCrazyMama Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I mean, what constitutes a stiff drink? I assume the phrase is used in the same way I would say "I need to pour chocolate chips in my mouth." Actually, I've never said that...but I have done it! :lol: :iagree:Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think alcohol is understood -- I think it means a strong alcoholic drink. So not a beer or glass of wine, but a rum and Coke (maybe minus the Coke). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsheresomewhere Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 To me it is any drink that makes up happy/forget your troubles for a fleeting moment. To me that is a frozen coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always thought it meant "strong"... as in, only a little water and/or ice added to the alcohol. *shrug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always think of some sort of liquor on the rocks when I hear that phrase. I don't drink alcohol at all so I could be completely off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momma2three Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I think it means strong alcohol... the kind you need a stiff upper lip to drink without wincing. A G&T, light on the T :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OH_Homeschooler Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Another vote for strong alcohol...or whatever you might see the Mad Men drinking at work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caraway Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 It means an alcoholic beverage without a bunch of mixers. So straight, or maybe on the rocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 For me, if it doesn't burn something awful on the way down, it's not a stiff drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always thought it meant "strong"... as in, only a little water and/or ice added to the alcohol. *shrug* Water & ice to alcohol? Really? Oh...like James Bond...something with ice, shaken, not stirred...I think! My only experiences with alcohol are beer and wine, and when I ran across the phrase "stiff drink" I wondered exactly what that meant. And figured I would learn more here than via google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kardamom Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Not a *soft* drink. Strong or potent, as with hard liquor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 For me, if it doesn't burn something awful on the way down, it's not a stiff drink. I believe this is what is meant by the expression. When I use the expression it can mean anything from "DH make me a whiskey sour" to "Let's go to Sonic so I can get a half-priced lemon berry slushy". Then again I don't always use phrases correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abreakfromlife Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 It means an alcoholic beverage without a bunch of mixers. So straight, or maybe on the rocks. Or it could just be mixers and waaay heavy on the alcohol. :D We went out to dinner a couple of weeks ago and I got an espresso martini with dessert. The first half of it was good, and then all of a sudden, holy cow. It became a very stiff drink. I only finished it b/c I paid $9 for it, haha. But wow. I was grimacing with every swallow. I don't know how people can drink something that strong on purpose. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always thought it was an alcoholic drink with more alcohol in it than normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I always thought it was an alcoholic drink with more alcohol in it than normal. That is what I think it means. I wish it meant whatever you want that would work best for you. (So says the woman who very rarely drinks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Education Explorers Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) For me, if it doesn't burn something awful on the way down, it's not a stiff drink. Another vote for strong alcohol...or whatever you might see the Mad Men drinking at work. We do drink alcohol, so this phrase, to us means: BOOZE straight-up (also called "neat") where you feel the burn all the way down---Scotch, bourbon, vodka-- something strong. Not liquors, they would fall under "having a drink." Wine, beer, coolers, spritzers, is "having a beer " etc. Insert proper term for your beverage. Hard alcohol with mixers, margaritas, daiquiris or liquors etc. is "having a drink." "Stiff drink" ain't for playing. :lol: Edited March 29, 2012 by Education Explorers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I take it to mean a strong drink. A double if you normally have a single; spirits if you normally drink beer/wine. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well, here is one disturbing possibility.:blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well, here is one disturbing possibility.:blink: The link works, but the page it links to says: Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG Gone Wild Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 hard liquor, unapologetic and straight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Durn. I'll try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Durn. I'll try again. Here is the cut and paste from a blog called "Through My Looking Glass," from Sunday April 11, 2010:a stiff drink, to be **** faced drunk, and the graveyard shift You must be thinking "what an interesting, albeit slightly inappropriate, title for a blog post, Debby. I wonder what this is about." Don't worry baby birds, I'll feed you. This post is dedicated to three of the most interesting word origins I learned about on the trip to London and Edinburgh. The first happened in London while in Trafalgar Square, the place where people in London gather whenever anything important happens. This is also the square that at one point had 35,000 pigeons so now the birds are fed contraceptives in their feed... Our tour guide, Coops, took us to the square and told us about Admiral Nelson, a fierce man who lost an arm and an eye in battle and lead the British fleet to many victories. During one such victory, he was fatally wounded and didn't make it through the fight. Being that he was a war hero, and not a common sailor, he was not given a burial at sea but taken back to England for a war hero's reception and burial. To preserve the body during the weeks of the homeward voyage, the body was folded in half and shoved into a barrel, then the barrel was filled with brandy. Strange, but effective. When they arrived at port and opened the barrel, it was found that the brandy was gone! The people were dumbfounded; how could a corpse drink all the brandy? Or maybe he absorbed it all... they were stumped until they took the body out and noticed the holes in the barrel. Sailors had been drilling small holes in the barrel and drinking the brandy, perhaps after a rough day on the boat, the entire time. So the origin of a drink to help people unwind after work, a stiff drink, comes from the stiff lifeless body that the brandy was preserving... disgusting, yet hilarious. Snipped here. Cool. That's um, interesting. A nothing useless piece of information I can bring up during conversation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergath Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 The link works, but the page it links to says: Sorry, the page you were looking for in this blog does not exist. You have to change the starred word in the link to the appropriate word. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 You have to change the starred word in the link to the appropriate word. ;) Thank you Mergath. I didn't even look at that. And for the curios, a working link: HERE ETA: I just learn something new. The hive mind will automatically replace that swear world with four stars. I learn something new today, and it didn't even tax my brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 as opposed to a 'soft' drink, like cola? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Everclear, straight from the bottle would be considered a stiff drink. Don't smoke while drinking. I agree with the other though, alcohol, neat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 hard liquor, unapologetic and straight :iagree:What she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Durn. I'll try again. Here is the cut and paste from a blog called "Through My Looking Glass," from Sunday April 11, 2010:a stiff drink, to be **** faced drunk, and the graveyard shift You must be thinking "what an interesting, albeit slightly inappropriate, title for a blog post, Debby. I wonder what this is about." Don't worry baby birds, I'll feed you. This post is dedicated to three of the most interesting word origins I learned about on the trip to London and Edinburgh. The first happened in London while in Trafalgar Square, the place where people in London gather whenever anything important happens. This is also the square that at one point had 35,000 pigeons so now the birds are fed contraceptives in their feed... Our tour guide, Coops, took us to the square and told us about Admiral Nelson, a fierce man who lost an arm and an eye in battle and lead the British fleet to many victories. During one such victory, he was fatally wounded and didn't make it through the fight. Being that he was a war hero, and not a common sailor, he was not given a burial at sea but taken back to England for a war hero's reception and burial. To preserve the body during the weeks of the homeward voyage, the body was folded in half and shoved into a barrel, then the barrel was filled with brandy. Strange, but effective. When they arrived at port and opened the barrel, it was found that the brandy was gone! The people were dumbfounded; how could a corpse drink all the brandy? Or maybe he absorbed it all... they were stumped until they took the body out and noticed the holes in the barrel. Sailors had been drilling small holes in the barrel and drinking the brandy, perhaps after a rough day on the boat, the entire time. So the origin of a drink to help people unwind after work, a stiff drink, comes from the stiff lifeless body that the brandy was preserving... disgusting, yet hilarious. Snipped here. That is awesome. I enjoyed the rest of the post too. :D And I agree, hard alcohol with no mixers constitutes a stiff drink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 That the oldest is having a meltdown, the youngest has filled his diaper, the girl is crying and it's because the middle boy called her a name. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5wolfcubs Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 For me, if it doesn't burn something awful on the way down, it's not a stiff drink. So if I have a sip of my dh's beer and it burns... I guess no body preserving liquids are to be found in the house! :svengo: I have to admit that many of the terms in this thread are as foreign to me as those in the epic-lengthed Circe thread on the K-8 board. Maybe I will go to the library... :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joanne Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Well, for *me*, it means: 1. There will never be enough. 2. Total destruction of my health. 3. Total destruction of my marriage. 4. Loss of respect of my kids. 5. Loss of jobs and job potential. 6. Financial ruin. But for many, it's simply a euphemism for "this has been a hard day." :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 I agree with the other though, alcohol, neat. :iagree: Everclear, straight from the bottle would be considered a stiff drink. Don't smoke while drinking. :lol: I no longer drink, but this brings back memories ... the sort I prefer not to let my kids know about, ahem.:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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