sky juice

English

Noun

sky juice (uncountable)

1. (Bahamas) A drink combining coconut water (or coconut milk), condensed milk (or evaporated milk), and alcohol, especially gin.

   Synonym: gully wash

2. (Jamaica) A drink of shaved ice flavoured with syrup or fresh cane juice, typically served in a plastic bag.
3. (slang) Rain.
4. (Malaysia, slang) plain water; drinking water
   • 2017 January 3, Arif "MSS" Anwar, Twitter‎^[1], retrieved 17 October 2021:

     ordered some sky juice from a restaurant expecting some exotic shit. they gave me water. top tier memes from the malaysians

Synonyms

• (drink of shaved ice): suck-suck

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• sky-juice

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaɪ ˈd͡ʒuːs/
• Hyphenation: sky‧juice

Noun

sky juice (plural sky juice dem, quantified sky juice)

1. A snow cone served in a clear plastic bag instead of a cone ; sky juice

   Synonym: suck-suck

   Mi cyaan drink bag juice inna di sun hot. Sell me a sky juice, Fudgie.

   It's too hot out to drink bag juice. I'd like a sky juice, Fudgie.

See also

• bag juice
• suck-suck

Further reading

• Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 512