METHYLATED SPIRIT
ADJECTIVES
► PINKO drunk on methylated spirit → 1925 sl.
NOUNS
► AAI-AAI ► AI-AI methylated spirits or absolute alcohol, as drunk by alcoholics → 1960s S. Afr. sl.
► BLUE OCEAN methylated spirits → 1980s S. Afr. sl.
► CHAT methylated spirits as drunk by alcoholics → 1930s Irish sl.
► GOOM methylated spirits, as an alcoholic’s drink → 1967 Aust. sl.
► JACK methylated spirit taken as an intoxicant → c1930 sl.
► JAKE methylated spirit → 1932 sl., orig. US
► METHO methylated spirit → 1933 Aust. & NZ sl.
► METHS methylated spirits → 1981 Aust. sl.
► MIX methylated spirits, as drunk by alcoholics → 1970s S. Afr. sl.
► NORTHERN TERRITORY CHAMPAGNE methylated spirits with health salts, which give a fizzy head → 1973 Aust. sl.
► RED BIDDY cheap red wine fortified with methylated spirits → 1928 colloq.
► SPEED TRAP methylated spirits, as drunk by alcoholics and tramps → 1930s S. Afr. sl.
► WHITE LADY methylated spirit → 1935 Aust. sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLUEY a drinker of methylated spirits → 20C sl.
► GOOM a drinker of methylated spirits → 1960s Aust. sl.
► GOOMEE ► GOOMY a drinker of methylated spirit → 1973 Aust. sl.
► JACK MAN one who habitually drinks methylated spirits → 1930s sl.
► METHER a methylated spirits addict → 1995 UK sl.
► METHO ► METHO ADDICT a methylated spirit addict → 1933 Aust. & NZ sl.