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the demon drink

  (humorous)

a way of referring to alcohol when you are talking about the unpleasant effects it can have My grandfather used to lecture us about the dangers of the demon drink.

See also: demon, drink

speed demon

1. n. a fast runner; a fast driver. Tom is a speed demon. He qualified for the Olympics.

2. n. a habitual user of methamphetamine. (Drugs.) When they are high, most speed demons don’t know what they are doing.

See also: demon, speed