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
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Noun
  • His blood alcohol content was later found to be nearly twice the legal limit to drive a vehicle, state police said.
    Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 May 2025
  • These criteria include disorders related to alcohol, cannabis, cocaine, prescription drugs and other substances.
    Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • Before Kimmel, Obama, and Biden hit the stage to toss bons mots back and forth in a cozy Q. & A., there was a series of private receptions, called clutches, plus photo lines and free-flowing booze and hors d’œuvres.
    Jake Tapper, New Yorker, 13 May 2025
  • Attendees regularly visited New York City, dined on chilled shellfish, drank free booze, collected TV-star autographs and met up with TV ad-sales executives and media buyers from their current agency of record.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 May 2025
Noun
  • Audio is a collection of various bootlegs mixed together by Greg Fidelman.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2025
  • McCown reiterates some pivotal bits of wisdom: two hands fixated on the ball in the pocket, no sacks on bootlegs, etc.
    Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025

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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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