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goofy juice

goofy juice

9.3
Drinks with alcohol that make people act silly
  • noun
  • Informal
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  • After a couple of glasses of goofy juice, everyone was laughing uncontrollably.

Examples

  • She avoids goofy juice at office parties to maintain professionalism.

  • He always becomes the life of the party after he has had some goofy juice to drink.

  • The best man joked that their friendship began over too much goofy juice.

  • After a few glasses of goofy juice, everyone started dancing.

  • Did you see how much goofy juice Sarah drank last night?

  • After a few glasses of goofy juice, the party turned into a fun-filled celebration with everyone dancing.

  • Everyone at the gathering enjoyed some goofy juice and shared funny stories late into the night.

Synonyms

mommy juice
vsgoofy juice
  • Informal
9.9

A drink with alcohol mothers drink to relax in the evening

causes silly, playful behaviour rather than quiet relaxation
momma juice
vsgoofy juice
  • Informal
9.9

A comforting drink with alcohol or strong coffee that parents drink to relax

is alcoholic rather than being a coffee or other comforting drink

How Intoxicating

spirits
1 3.0
goofy juice
  • Informal
9.3
near beer
  • Archaic
1 5.1

Surface Forms

goofy juice singular
goofy juices plural

Morphology

goofy + juice

The combination of 'goofy' (silly) and 'juice' (a drink) makes it reasonably inferable to a B1 learner that the phrase refers to a drink that causes silly behavior, so the basic idea is compositionally transparent. However, the specific implicature that it denotes alcoholic drinks is slangy and not a standard meaning of 'juice', so the alcoholic/idiomatic sense is not fully predictable without exposure.

Etymology

Goofy juice likely started as a joking name for a drink that makes people act silly: goofy means 'silly' and juice means 'drink'. That's why it now means 'alcoholic drinks' that cause playful or silly behavior.