Scotchka

Blend of Scotch whisky +‎ vodka.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /skɒtʃkə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /skɑt͡ʃkə/

Scotchka (countable and uncountable, plural Scotchkas)

1. A cocktail consisting of equal parts Scotch whisky and vodka.
   • 1958, Harold Wallace Ross, William Shawn, Tina Brown, David Remnick, Katharine Sergeant Angell White, Rea Irvin, Roger Angell, edited by Elwyn Brooks White, The New Yorker‎^[1], volume 34, F-R Publishing Corporation, page 94:

     In that he samples a chemistry prof's drink, scotch with a vodka undertone, and proposes a new drink entirely: “Scotchka.”

   • 1958, Norman Krasna, Who was that Lady I Saw You With?: A New Comedy‎^[2], Random House, page 6:

     Not bad. Kind of scotchy, with a vodka undertone. Why don't you market it? Call it “Scotchka.” Well, I've got a lot of work to do—

   • 1959, Gentlemen's Quarterly: GQ.‎^[3], volume 29, Esquire, page 148:

     They asked me what kind of Scotch I used and how much I had put in the drink. I said just a jigger and the Scotch was a well-known brand. But the complaints got louder. Then I checked on the carafe of water. I had been pouring vodka instead of water. What they were drinking was Scotch and vodka, or Scotchka.

   • 2011 December 7, Bob Batchelor, Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream [3 volumes]‎^[4], volumes 1-3, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 103:

     If you've been to a screening, then you know about the spoons, the games of catch, the tuxes, the scotchka, “Hi, Denny,” and when it's appropriate to break into the Full House theme or bellow “focus/unfocus!” and “Go! Go! Go! Go!”

   • 2018 March 20, Tom Bissell, “Great and Terrible Truths”, in Magic Hours‎^[5], Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, →ISBN, page 216:

     Lisa gets Johnny drunk on a peculiar mixture of vodka and whiskey (which Room fans have christened the Scotchka) in order to accuse him of hitting her

   • 2019 August 1, Daniel Harmon, Super Pop!: Pop Culture Top Ten Lists to Help You Win at Trivia, Survive in the Wild, and Make It Through the Holidays‎^[6], Zest Books ™, →ISBN:

     We're talking about the right kind of cult, where people get to maintain their status as thinking individuals but also have the opportunity to spend a few days every year dressing like aliens, drinking scotchka, or […]

   • 2022 October 4, Adam M. Rosen, “I'm Tired, I'm Wasted 13”, in You Are Tearing Me Apart, Lisa!: The Year's Work on The Room, the Worst Movie Ever Made‎^[7], illustrated edition, Indiana University Press, →ISBN:

     He objects that he does not drink, showing himself once again to be a sensible guy. Lisa insists, however, and after a few drinks of scotchka (a curious mix of scotch and vodka), Johnny is quite drunk—

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