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09 Apr 08 - 08:51 AM (#2310990) Subject: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST,Hard 8 :: :: Does anyone here know any slang terms for a 40-oz. can of malt liquor? I've heard a term several times, but can't remember it. I know Mudcatters are famous for their knowledge of language, and am hoping you can refresh my memory. Thanks. |
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09 Apr 08 - 09:30 AM (#2311025) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Rapparee Excessive. |
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09 Apr 08 - 09:44 AM (#2311036) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Azizi forties Any of a variety of 40 ounce malt beverages. Hey i wonder if that bum has drunken any forties lately by ill bill Dec 23, 2002 http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=forties |
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09 Apr 08 - 09:46 AM (#2311039) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: John MacKenzie 40 fluid ounces is 2 pints, so it could be a 'Quart' In a tin ???? G |
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09 Apr 08 - 09:47 AM (#2311042) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Amos I believe the cognoscenti refer to them as "forties" over here. Here's a review of an array of forties. A |
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09 Apr 08 - 09:56 AM (#2311055) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: John MacKenzie I sort of expected something more in the line of pics of Dolly Parton from you Amos. In your capacity as head priest of the temple of the Golden Globes. Slang term for 40 in those circles, is humungous ! G |
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09 Apr 08 - 10:04 AM (#2311062) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Peace Referred to as a 'forty pounder' in some places I've been in western Canada. |
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09 Apr 08 - 02:31 PM (#2311323) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Uncle_DaveO Giok said, 40 fluid ounces is 2 pints, so it could be a 'Quart' I don't know about the UK, but in the US 40 ounces would be one quart and eight ounces. Sixteen ounces to the pint, two pints to the quart, equals thirty-two ounces to the quart. Dave Oesterreich |
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09 Apr 08 - 03:10 PM (#2311355) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Megan L Jings and they say the Scots are mean :) |
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09 Apr 08 - 03:12 PM (#2311357) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Leadfingers reminds me of tyhe good old days of Party Sevens - Seven PROPER (20 0z) pints in a can - Just fitted in a Duffel bag for places where beer was frowned on ! |
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09 Apr 08 - 03:20 PM (#2311361) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: John MacKenzie 60 minims = 1 fl.drachm 8 fl.drachms = 1 fl.oz 5 fl.oz = 1 gill 2 gills = 1 cup 4 gills = 1 pint |
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09 Apr 08 - 03:24 PM (#2311366) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: John MacKenzie Beer 4.5 gallons = 1 pin 2 pins = 1 firkin 2 firkins = 1 kilderkin 2 kilderkins = 1 barrel 2 barrels = 1 puncheon 3 puncheons = 1 tun Beer (contd.) 6 firkins = 1 hogshead 2 hogsheads = 1 butt 2 butts = 1 ton |
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09 Apr 08 - 04:24 PM (#2311402) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: dwditty GIQ Giant Imperial Quart |
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09 Apr 08 - 04:31 PM (#2311410) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST 6 firkins = 1 hogshead Thanks Giok! Now I know how much whiskey it took to bury Old Rosin The Bow. 54 gallons and real 160 oz ones at that. ( Yanks gyp you for 32 oz) Now wasn't that a party? |
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09 Apr 08 - 04:34 PM (#2311414) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Sandy Mc Lean Guest above was me. I keep losing that damn cookie because I keep my security settings high. |
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09 Apr 08 - 04:37 PM (#2311419) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Liz the Squeak 2 butts = 1 ton I know I'm not exactly sylph-like but that is going a bit far! LTS |
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09 Apr 08 - 05:20 PM (#2311457) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST,Sapper dropping b===ocks on NEM2 From Uncle_DaveO Date: 09 Apr 08 - 02:31 PM Giok said, 40 fluid ounces is 2 pints, so it could be a 'Quart' I don't know about the UK, but in the US 40 ounces would be one quart and eight ounces. Sixteen ounces to the pint, two pints to the quart, equals thirty-two ounces to the quart. You Yanks can't get anything right! |
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10 Apr 08 - 01:02 PM (#2312163) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Little Hawk A "Forty-pounder" is what they call it in Blind River, eh? |
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11 Apr 08 - 04:50 AM (#2312729) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: JohnInKansas Guest above was me. I keep losing that damn cookie because I keep my security settings high. Leave the security settings high, but put "mudcat.org" in your trusted sites list in your browser and you won't toss your cookie over a mere 40 oz. John |
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11 Apr 08 - 09:51 PM (#2313422) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST,leeneia So nobody knows a clever slang term for a 40-oz malt liquor? I thought catters were supposed to be worldly. |
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12 Apr 08 - 07:59 AM (#2313606) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Sandy Mc Lean Thanks John! I was using Firefox, my main browser, and it is set for a lot of automatic housecleaning. Yesterday I set Mudcat as the home page in Opera so that it loads automatic and I use this browser exclusivly for this one purpose. As soon as Opera opens Mudcat is there with the cookie intact. So far it works great! Sandy |
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12 Apr 08 - 08:06 AM (#2313611) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: The Fooles Troupe 40 ounce = 1/2 a Darwin Stubby - see Beer Bottle |
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12 Apr 08 - 12:09 PM (#2313722) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Mr Red 40 oz? that would be a grain shortage in Australia - surely. |
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12 Apr 08 - 09:00 PM (#2314000) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: The Fooles Troupe "grain shortage" You surely mean "brain shortage" ... :-P |
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13 Apr 08 - 10:12 AM (#2314221) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST,bill S from Perth You think that is confusing, go to South Australia, a pint of West End is 15 oz, a pint of Guinness is 20 oz. I drink out of a 40 oz tin (tankard) now and again and that is a Quart Pot. 4 oz and 5 oz are for lawn bowlers to drink quickly before it gets above freezing 7 oz is a glass in some states and an insult in NSW 10 oz is a pot or schooner depending where you are 12 oz is called whatever the pub feels like 15 oz is a pint or schooner depending where you are 20 oz is always a pint except in SA for local beers 22 oz is a Bazza but is not common No I do not drink Oz beers in Quarts, I have nearly 100 English ales to choose from in bottle. Is that clear? |
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15 Mar 09 - 01:34 PM (#2589426) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: GUEST,dMo We call them corn-rockets. St. Louis, MO., USA. |
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15 Mar 09 - 01:45 PM (#2589437) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Ebbie One reads that in the 'olden days' tots were sent to the local pub with a bucket. What is a bucket of beer called? |
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15 Mar 09 - 04:02 PM (#2589535) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Bill D a growler.... "There was a little man And he had little can, And he used to 'rush the growler'..." |
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15 Mar 09 - 04:04 PM (#2589538) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Bill D growler |
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15 Mar 09 - 04:09 PM (#2589544) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Bill D "Before World War II, city kids used to bring covered buckets of draft beer from a local bar or brewery to workers at lunchtime or to their parents at dinnertime, a practice called "rushing the growler." to finish the poem: ( can't remember when I learned this) "There was a little man And he had little can, And he used to 'rush the growler'... He go to the saloon On a Sunday afternoon, And you ought to hear the bartender holler.. "No more booze, no more booze, No more booze on Sunday! No more booze, no more booze- You got to get your can filled Monday." |
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15 Mar 09 - 04:46 PM (#2589567) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Bob the Postman . . . and oft it was said Go fill it with porter, with beer, or with ale Sure the drink would taste sweeter from Dad's Dinner Pail Imperial measures are based on the idea that a gallon of water weighs ten pounds. USian measures are based on the idea that a pint weighs one pound. Out west we reckon a forty pounder is a honkin big bottle of hard stuff. Nothin to do with suds atall. A half-gallon jug of Royal Red is a "Chilcotin mickey". |
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15 Mar 09 - 05:11 PM (#2589582) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Rapparee Back in the 1950s and early 1960s (and for all I know even now), you could (if you were over 21) go to the local tavern and get a "jug of beer." This was a gallon glass jug; the bartender used a standard measure to indicate when you'd gotten a dollar's worth in or whatever. You'd have a glass while you waited. Town was German/Irish and taverns were the neighborhood social halls. |
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15 Mar 09 - 05:19 PM (#2589588) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Bill D I was in a micro-brewery/pub in Baltimore a few years ago which offered jugs like that....you paid a deposit and took 'em home, then brought 'em back for refill. I think they were 'about' a gallon. |
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15 Mar 09 - 08:46 PM (#2589729) Subject: RE: BS: Slang for 40-ounce? From: Dave the Gnome I always that thought that if you filled a bucket with beer it was pail ale... |