drink alert

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

drink alert (plural drink alerts)

1. (slang) A warning that information to follow may cause the reader to laugh unexpectedly and, if drinking, cause drink to exit the nose
   • 2001 August 16, Sue Bishop, “NG Has Value - Proof/Drink Alert”, in rec.equestrian, Usenet,

     A while back I heard a perfect description of the idiots who troll around in newsgroups.

     They are called Seagulls. They fly in, make a lot of noise, shit all over everything and then fly off.

Usage notes

• This term is widely used on Usenet newsgroups in the subject headers of messages, to advise readers not to drink while reading the message contents.

Synonyms

• spew alert

Related terms

• spew

See also

• C|N>K
• splork