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{{def|Beverage|ˈbɛv(ə)rɪdʒ/|n| | {{def|Beverage|ˈbɛv(ə)rɪdʒ/|n| | ||
[[File:Pangalactic gargleblaster.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[beverage]], yesterday.]] | [[File:Pangalactic gargleblaster.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A [[beverage]], yesterday.]] | ||
}}There is no situation in which “[[beverage]]” more suitable word than “[[drink]]”. Not even ironically. Not even when it comes to wiping a spilt one up, with a fresh clean {{f|flannel}}. “[[Beverage]]” is a word that should not exist, however fine its Medieval French or {{t|Latin}} pedigree might be: according to Google Ngram it was barely used before the 19th Century. | }} | ||
A drink. | |||
There is no situation in which “[[beverage]]” more suitable word than “[[drink]]”. Not even ironically. Not even when it comes to wiping a spilt one up, with a fresh clean {{f|flannel}}. “[[Beverage]]” is a word that should not exist, however fine its Medieval French or {{t|Latin}} pedigree might be: according to Google Ngram it was barely used before the 19th Century. | |||
We have seen it argued<ref>By none other than Oxford: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/beverage </ref> that a “[[beverage]]” excludes plain water. This doesn’t seem right, especially as it does include drinks like tea — and Coke, Red Bull, beer, and pretty much every other commercially produced drink, for that matter — which is just water with ''shit'' in it. Why should plain water be excluded? And what of mineral water? Carbonated mineral water? ''Naturally'' carbonated mineral water? That odd odd stuff from Scotland that tastes a bit salty? | We have seen it argued<ref>By none other than Oxford: https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/beverage </ref> that a “[[beverage]]” excludes plain water. This doesn’t seem right, especially as it does include drinks like tea — and Coke, Red Bull, beer, and pretty much every other commercially produced drink, for that matter — which is just water with ''shit'' in it. Why should plain water be excluded? And what of mineral water? Carbonated mineral water? ''Naturally'' carbonated mineral water? That odd odd stuff from Scotland that tastes a bit salty? | ||