noun
Street Slang
co-cola
· noun · southern-us
Memphis / Mid-South pronunciation of Coca-Cola — and a generic word for any soda.
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Definitions
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How a lot of the Mid-South — Memphis especially — actually says 'Coca-Cola.' Doubles as the generic word for any fizzy drink, same way 'coke' works across the rest of the South: you order a co-cola, then they ask what kind.
“Grab me a co-cola while you up — Sprite if they got it.”
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co-cola In A Sentence
Grab me a co-cola while you up — Sprite if they got it.
Origin & Usage
Regional Southern pronunciation, documented in dialect surveys of the Mid-South. Same vowel-collapse that turns 'pork and beans' into 'poke 'n' beans.'
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