dope软饮料(尤指可乐饮料)

【使用地区】：美国南部

【释义】：

“Gimme a dope”still means“Give me a Coca—Cola”in the South，especially among teenagers，and dates back to the nineteenth century，when the fabled soft drink was touted as a tonic and contained a minute amount of cocaine．Coca—Cola’s inventor，druggist John S．Pemberton，brewed the drink in his backyard and knew it was done when he smelled the cooked cocaine．

在美国南方，Gimme a dope仍意为“给我一杯(或一罐)可口可乐”。此表达方式尤其是在青少年中盛行。该词源于19世纪，那时这种怪异的软饮料被吹嘘为一种兴奋液，内含少量的可卡因。可口可乐的发明者、药剂师John S．Pemberton在其后院调制了这种饮料。当闻到加热溶解的可卡因时，他知道大功告成。