noun
Street Slang
cold drink
· noun · nola
Any soft drink in NOLA — temperature doesn't matter.
0
Definitions
1
In New Orleans, 'cold drink' (often slurred to 'col' drink') means any soda — Coke, Barq's, Big Shot, doesn't matter — whether it's iced down or sitting on a shelf at room temp. Ask for a soda and a local will know you're not from there. Ask for a cold drink and they'll point you to the cooler.
“Run get me a cold drink while you up, baby — grape if they got it.”
by community
0
cold drink In A Sentence
Run get me a cold drink while you up, baby — grape if they got it.
Origin & Usage
Long-established New Orleans regionalism; the term predates widespread home refrigeration, when 'cold drink' distinguished bottled soda from coffee and other hot beverages sold at the same counter.
Comments 0