Tuesday, October 02, 2007

Oddball Word of the Day

shandy (SHAN-dee) n. a drink of mixed beer and lemonade (sounds a little yucky)

(from the guide to MMMW edited by Laurence Urdang)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The word "lemonade" as used in Australia is a drink akin to 7 Up. A shandy, especially one made with light beer, is a very refreshing drink.

FuguesStateKnits said...

Actually, it's not really all that bad - if you only have one and it's really really cold, LOL!
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