white lightning
Definitions
Slang
- noun raw spirit, illicitly distilled grain alcohol. The phrase evokes the sudden, devastating effects (and perhaps the accompanying visual disturbance) of the substance in question.
- noun a generic nickname given to white tablets or ‘microdots’ of LSD in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in the same fashion as ‘orange sunshine’ or ‘blue cheer’
