sugar honey ice tea
- noun
- Slang
- That movie was pure sugar honey ice tea—I couldn't stop smiling!
Examples
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Her kind words were just sugar honey ice tea after a tough day.
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This dessert is so delicious—it's absolute sugar honey ice tea.
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This dessert is pure sugar honey ice tea!
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I love the flavor of sugar honey ice tea.
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Her kind words were just sugar honey ice tea after a tough day.
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That movie was pure sugar honey ice tea—I couldn't stop smiling!
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This dessert is so delicious—it's absolute sugar honey ice tea.
Synonyms
Having a taste like sugar, as in candy
Flavored with honey, like bread or tea
Very nice and friendly in a sweet, gentle way
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents (sugar, honey, ice, tea) collectively evoke a sweet, pleasant beverage, so a learner who knows each word can plausibly infer a meaning related to sweetness or enjoyment. However, the string is a playful/colloquial stacking rather than a standard, conventional compound; its exact pragmatic use (including possible euphemistic or culture-specific senses) is not fully predictable, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Sugar honey ice tea comes from the image of a cup of cold tea with sugar, honey and ice, a very pleasant drink. So people use it to say something is very 'sweet' or very 'enjoyable'.