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fizzy drink


noun soft drink. Compare cool drink, cordial, fizzy cordial, lolly water.


Contributor's comments: Also used all over Victoria.

Contributor's comments: I have heard older generations (40+) of born and bred Queenslanders use this expression.

Contributor's comments: I grew up with this term in Coburg [Vic].

Contributor's comments: We definitely used fizzy drink in Tasmania.

Contributor's comments: Also used in Adelaide SA (and possibly elsewhere in SA)

Contributor's comments: Sydney's western suburbs 1975-1985, all the mothers served fizzy drink at kid's birthday parties.

Contributor's comments: In UK supermarkets, the phrase "fizzy drinks" is used to mark the aisles were such is sold, in the same way as we see "soft drinks" in Australia, and "soda" or "soda pop" in the US.

Contributor's comments: I have spent my whole life in Tasmania and have never heard anyone here refer to soft drink as fizzy drink. It is refered to as cordial.