nutties

[Michael Newman]

I didn't see this on the list, but this is a nuttie or nutcracker is a term used in NYC to mean fruit flavored alcoholic drinks often sold in bodegas or apparently in this article in barbershops. They're controversial because they are presumably marketed to underage kids.

http://bronxpresspolitics.blogspot.com.es/2011/08/crackdown-on-nutty-drinks-in.html

Two questions:

What's the etymology?
Is this term used outside of NYC?


Michael Newman
Associate Professor of Linguistics
Queens College/CUNY
michael.newman at qc.cuny.edu

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