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firewater Dec 27th 2012, 08:35 format ← Older revision Revision as of 08:35, 27 December 2012 Line 2: Line 2:       ===Etymology===   ===Etymology=== − {{compound|fire|water}} + {{compound|fire|water}}, a calque of {{etyl|oj|en}} {{term|ishkodewaaboo||alcohol}}, from {{term|ishkode||fire}} + {{term|aaboo||liquid", glossed in older works as "water}}. <!--So-called due to frequent inclusion of red pepper by traders in order to hide the taste of cheap doctored alcohol, often including low grade ingredients such as tobacco juice, molasses, etc.-->       ===Noun===   ===Noun===   {{en-noun|s|-}}   {{en-noun|s|-}}     − #High proof alcohol, usually "[[whiskey]]", especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans. (a Native American term, a [[calque]] of the [[Ojibwa]] word ''ishkodewaaboo'', ''ishkodew'' meaning "fire" and ''aaboo'' meaning "water/liquid"). So-called due to frequent inclusion of red pepper by traders in order to hide the taste of cheap doctored alcohol, often including low grade ingredients such as tobacco juice, molasses, etc. Sometimes used humorously in other contexts. + # High proof [[alcohol]], especially [[whiskey]] {{qualifier|especially in the context of its sale to or consumption by Native Americans}}.   #* '''2012''', Tom Lamont, ''How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph'', 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]   #* '''2012''', Tom Lamont, ''How Mumford & Sons became the biggest band in the world'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph'', 15 November 2012)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/15/mumford-sons-biggest-band-world]   #*: Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like '''firewater''' drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan.   #*: Four polite Englishmen in their middle 20s, feigning like '''firewater''' drunks in a Eugene O'Neill play: it's exactly the stuff that makes their detractors groan. − #High temperature hydraulic discharge of condensate from industrial boilers. + # High temperature hydraulic condensate discharged from industrial boilers.     − ==== Translation ==== + ====Translations==== − * {{cs}} [[ohnivá voda]] + * Czech: [[ohnivá voda]]       [[Category:English oxymorons]]   [[Category:English oxymorons]]

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