white lightning

as in alcohol
illegally produced liquor college students secretly mixing up a batch of white lightning in the school lab

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Recent Examples of white lightning Above the patch is another white lightning bolt. Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2021 One, the stereotype is as dated as Moon Pies and white lightning. Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 11 June 2020
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Noun
  • According to the police news release, Fabianski was charged with criminal mischief, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, possession of alcohol under 21, and driving under the influence.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In 2018, The Lancet published research using 26 years of global data in an attempt to determine how much alcohol is safe.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • Spencer takes one look at the contraband booze stockpiled in the backroom of the upscale establishment Maceo runs and realizes that the dude is in the Mob.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Seeing it three or more times—as is the case for booze bottles, monkeys and gorillas, elephants, and many other subjects and objects in Pollock's paintings—makes those images very unlikely to be randomly provoked perceptions without any basis in reality.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The discovery is a reminder to be careful around bootleg downloads; hackers often exploit them to circulate malware.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 19 Feb. 2025
  • By 1990, bootleg versions of the book had washed up for sale in the pages of far-right magazines, peddled alongside sulfurous predictions of American concentration camps and a helpful who’s who of global elitists.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025

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“White lightning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/white%20lightning. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.

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