bug-juice

[buhg-joos]

noun

Slang.

1. an alcoholic beverage, especially of an inferior quality.

2. an unusual or concocted drink.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bug-juice¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

She could even control Dakota during his hyperactive bug-juice fits.

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The mate, having obtained a demijohn of "bug-juice" from one of the cotton-steamers, was constantly drunk; so that all the work devolved upon the austere second mate, who toiled early and late to keep matters in hand.

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It's summertime in spirit if not in fact, and people are covered in beer and bug-juice and have collectively lowered their expectations.

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"Plain case of bug-juice," said one, a little sorrowfully.

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He's got a mortgage on everything here but the houn's and the house cat, an' he's tryin' to see if he cyant kill me with his bug-juice an' save a suit in Chancery.

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