alcopop

1. (British, Ireland, Australia) An alcoholic drink that looks and tastes like a soft drink.Examples: "However, the media soon went too far in playing the story up, claiming that underage drinkers drank only alcopop (actually they preferred cheap cider)."; "The breweries began to develop alcopops with names and advertising drawn from drug culture."; "Over on cheap flights from Prestwick and Stansted, these boys were often to be found floating trouserless in the Liffey at dawn, or staggering up Grafton Street, their T-shirts clinging to them with alcopops and spilled Sambuca."