soft drink
a non-alcoholic, usually carbonated beverage
TRANSLATION
soft drink = die Limonade, das Erfrischungsgetränk --- GOOGLE INDEX soft drink: approximately 13,500,000 Google hits
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Health experts support NYC mayor's limit on SOFT DRINK size
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Most children and youth who consume SOFT DRINKS and other sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk for obesity than their peers who drink healthy beverages, says a new study published in October...
(scienceblog.com)
(Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Most children and youth who consume SOFT DRINKS and other sweetened beverages, such as fruit punch and lemonade, are not at any higher risk for obesity than their peers who drink healthy beverages, says a new study published in October...
(scienceblog.com)
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soft drink
noun phrase
- a cold, usually sweet, drink which does not contain alcohol
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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"Soft drink" refers to nearly all beverages that do not contain significant amounts of alcohol (hard drinks). The term is now typically used exclusively for flavoured carbonated beverages. This is due to advertising.
Flavored carbonated beverage makers in the U.S. once had difficulty creating national advertisements because their products often had different names. In parts of the United States and Canada, flavored carbonated beverages are called "pop, soda or soda pop" for instance. In some parts of the country, people simply order a "coke" (short for Coca Cola), even though the Pepsi brand or some other type of soft drink might be served (Fanta, Sprite, etc...).
In England these drinks are called "fizzy drinks" and in Ireland sometimes "minerals". To account for the fact that they can’t refer to their product in the generic sense on national advertisements, because of these varied terms, manufacturers chose "soft drink" to be more or less a universal term for flavored carbonated beverages. The "soft" alludes to the fact that they contain no alcohol.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you want to order a fizzy drink in the U.S., just ask the restaurant what kind of soft drinks they serve."
noun phrase
- a cold, usually sweet, drink which does not contain alcohol
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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"Soft drink" refers to nearly all beverages that do not contain significant amounts of alcohol (hard drinks). The term is now typically used exclusively for flavoured carbonated beverages. This is due to advertising.
Flavored carbonated beverage makers in the U.S. once had difficulty creating national advertisements because their products often had different names. In parts of the United States and Canada, flavored carbonated beverages are called "pop, soda or soda pop" for instance. In some parts of the country, people simply order a "coke" (short for Coca Cola), even though the Pepsi brand or some other type of soft drink might be served (Fanta, Sprite, etc...).
In England these drinks are called "fizzy drinks" and in Ireland sometimes "minerals". To account for the fact that they can’t refer to their product in the generic sense on national advertisements, because of these varied terms, manufacturers chose "soft drink" to be more or less a universal term for flavored carbonated beverages. The "soft" alludes to the fact that they contain no alcohol.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"If you want to order a fizzy drink in the U.S., just ask the restaurant what kind of soft drinks they serve."
