General
ginger
What does ginger mean?
Generic Glaswegian term for any fizzy soft drink — Coke, Irn-Bru, lemonade, the lot. Doesn't have to contain a molecule of actual ginger. Baffles tourists and English visitors on a regular basis.
"Away to the shops and get us a bottle of ginger, son."
Origin
Glasgow, originally from ginger beer being the dominant fizzy drink in late-19th-century Scotland; the name stuck and generalised to all fizzy drinks.
Frequently asked questions
What does ginger mean in Scottish slang?
Ginger means fizzy juice — any sweet carbonated soft drink, regardless of its actual flavour.
How do you use ginger in a sentence?
"Grab us a bottle of ginger from the shop."
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