Alcohol and Accessories

Beer – (n) basic engineering educational requirement
(from Emon – “Drinking is part of basic college education. Masterals is when you learn to drink while listening to pretentious bullshit.”)

Blue Ice – (n) official beer of the Coffee Club, P15 (c. 1996).
(from Kaye – “Para di naman OP kaming mga babae, pag kasama namin kayo.”)

Colt – (n) Colt 45; official drink of tambayan frustration, P12 (c. 1996).
(from Benny – “Sure it’s not Horse, but at least we don’t get kicked in the head while we’re talking.”)

Cup noodles – (n) any freeze-dried soup with hot water, with or without noodles, consumed at the end of a Fair Verona drinking session, P10 (c. 1996).
(from Allen – “E kung kape, puyat na nga, may hangover pa. Di na baleng may hangover, basta nakatulog ng maayos.”)

Gee-Gee – (n) shots of gin and water or fruit juice chasers, with fried galunggong as pulutan; official drink of Allen’s apartment, P15 ~ P25 (c. 1996), serves 6 to sawa. Ice is available at Allen’s place (when the refrigerator isn’t acting up).
(from Allen – “Pasensya na, di kasi nakarating si Erap, wala tuloy tayong Johnny Walker Blue.”)

Group work – (n) a drinking session set up immediately after the completion of the actual assigned group work. Synonyms: overnight, project
(from Benny; used as a method of getting permission to stay out all night and have something to show for it)

Horse – (n) Red Horse; official TOSStado celebratory drink; P 15 (c. 1996).

ODOCs – (n) street food, also pulutan, consisting of fried “one day old chicks”, usually sold along Harrison Road; also spelled ODOX; P3.50 each, 3 for P10 (c. 1996). Synonyms: piyek (Ilocano for chick), jurassic
(from Laren – “Well, if she can’t eat this, she’s not dateable.”)

Rain – (n) Rain malt soda, a non-alcoholic malt drink, P10 (c. 1996)
(from Miss Mina – “You know we can’t serve alcohol, but this is close enough.”)

Robot Jox – (n) the giant steps (bleachers) at the Quezon Elementary School baseball field.
(from Rod; mentioned in Worlds and Meanings, derived from Mortal Kombat)

Thursday – (n) any drinking day
(derived from “thirst day”; from Rod – “Any day and every day is Thursday if we want it to be.”)

Traidora – (n) one lapad of Tanduay Rhum Five Years mixed completely with one Coke Litro, sometimes with a can of Del Monte 202. P30 ~ P45(c. 1996), serves 4 to sawa. Ice is unavailable at Robot Jox or at Fair Verona.
(from Denise – “No, no, I’m fine, I’m okay, I can stand… whoops! Sorry, Rod.”)