white lightning

as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab

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Recent Examples of white lightning Don’t let the green mist tinged with white lightning and rotating cosmic orifices fool you, however: Ingesting psychedelic drugs is not recommended before watching this film. Katie Rife, IndieWire, 12 Mar. 2025 Above the patch is another white lightning bolt. Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021 One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for white lightning
Noun
  • Sheen, 60, opens up about his misuse of drugs and alcohol which wreaked havoc on his health and career.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • At the bar, Jeremiah is drunk and drowning his pain in alcohol.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To prevent a repeat of Otis’ near-death brush with booze, the distillery has asked the city for a dumpster with a lid.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some common over-the-counter medications, like Tylenol, pose danger to the liver when combined with booze.
    Jamie Ducharme, Health, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In the third quarter, Fields pushed through the goal line on a 2-yard run, and sauntered into the end zone untouched on a fourth-and-goal bootleg call in the fourth quarter that worked beautifully.
    Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Now, people who don’t have a technical understanding, there might be bootlegs, but that is scratchy stuff with not very good sound.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025

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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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