by Cummo January 07, 2022
Moniker attached to a self-mixed alcoholic drink, eg bourbon and coke, wherein the quantity of liquor is significantly greater than that of the mixer. 1985 is a bastardised fraction - instead of asking for a 20/80, (representing the quantities of mixer and spirit respectively), the drinker humorously requests a 19/85, alluding to the compromised intellect symptomatic of the intoxication such a potent drink would inevitably cause.
Dipsomaniac: I think I'll have another bundy and coke.
Server of drinks: How strong?
Dipsomaniac: Aw, go all out, give us a 1985
Server of drinks: How strong?
Dipsomaniac: Aw, go all out, give us a 1985
by Cummo December 10, 2007