drink alert

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

drink alert (plural drink alerts)

1. (Internet slang) A warning that information to follow may cause the reader to laugh unexpectedly and, if drinking, cause drink to exit the nose. [from 1999]
   • 1999 June 21, Jo, “Just a funny to brighten your day :D”, in alt.support.childfree.moderated‎^[1] (Usenet):

     My SIL sent this to me and it took me 10 minutes to stop laughing!
     Drink alert ... put your soda, coffee, wine glass, or whatever you're drinking down first.

   • 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