Blog
A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.
Noun
- A cocktail or punch served at science fiction conventions. Ingredients vary for different conventions.
- Drink Blog! - 1955, Liverpool Science Fiction Society, advertisement hung by hotel bar
- "Why, we've got the greatest defense of all, right here," said the Lion. "We can all drink a little Blog, and hoaxes won't affect us. After all, Blog cures everything, from gafia to snake-bites." - 1959, Terry Carr, Ron...
- The waitress sized me up and evidently my aura met with her approval because she came over, smiled the smile of professional waitresses and left a mimeographed drink list. I had no time to be surprised by the list,...
Origin
Coined by the Liverpool Science Fiction Society in 1955 at the Cytricon convention held in the George Hotel, Kettering, Northamptonshire. It was used as the fake sponsor of an audio play and fake advertisements were placed around the hotel; an actual drink was later served at the hotel bar after customers asked for it.