Website design By BotEap.comIt’s a scary thought, but your kids could be standing there talking about getting drunk right in front of you…and you may not even know it.

Website design By BotEap.comTo gain clarity on your child’s involvement with alcohol, it helps to know some of the more common slang currently being used on the street (and in the suburbs) to describe alcohol and the drinking “scene.”

Website design By BotEap.comHere are some of the more popular slang terms for alcohol and drinking:

Website design By BotEap.comAlcohol is also known as liquor, beer, cold, juice, sauce, wine, hard stuff.

Website design By BotEap.combeer bong: A device used to quickly drink beer through a hose or funnel (also known as a “Hose Monster”).

Website design By BotEap.comLose consciousness: Memory loss experienced during a drunken period.

Website design By BotEap.comBlow (drink): Consuming a large amount of alcohol quickly (often as part of a drinking game).

Website design By BotEap.comCrunchy: To get high on alcohol and marijuana at the same time.

Website design By BotEap.comeverclear: A dangerously potent drink with an alcohol level of 90%.

Website design By BotEap.comHand grenade: A small bottle of pre-mixed sweet alcohol (often sold at convenience stores).

Website design By BotEap.comHangover: A feeling of discomfort experienced the day after drinking alcohol.

Website design By BotEap.comTip: A prolonged period of heavy drug or alcohol abuse.

Website design By BotEap.comJelly shots: Gelatin products from the grocery store mixed with alcohol and usually served in an ice cube tray or small cups (also known as “zippers”).

Website design By BotEap.comMethyl alcohol: A highly dangerous form of alcohol found in household products such as antifreeze, fuel, and paint thinner (also known as “wood spirit”).

Website design By BotEap.comPre-Game: Engaging in the consumption of alcohol before a party.

Website design By BotEap.comproof: A term that refers to the amount of alcohol found in various liquor products. The “proof” number equals twice the percentage of alcohol found in the product (for example: “90 proof everclear contains 45 percent alcohol).

Website design By BotEap.comWatermelon: A whole watermelon that has been injected with Everclear and served.

Website design By BotEap.comThink your child is too young for you to worry about terminology like this? Check the stats and then think again:

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Website design By BotEap.com53.8% of 8th grade students have tried alcohol.

Website design By BotEap.com72.0% of 10th grade students have tried alcohol.

Website design By BotEap.com81.76% of 12th graders have tried alcohol.

Website design By BotEap.comLearn your children’s language and find out what they are doing when you are not around. Don’t let the “language barrier” or the generation gap stop you from turning them away from alcohol!