An italian liqueur. It is as strong as vodka or whisky (37.5%) but is easier to drink due to its sweetness which masks the taste of the alcohol. It tastes like aniseed or liquorice and comes in several varieties and colours, including white sambuca (which is actually clear), black sambuca(which is more like a dark purple) and red sambuca (which is actually red). It can be drunk straight, or it can be drunk with 3 coffee beans (known as Sambuca con mosca)in the glass (the beans represent health, happiness and prosperity). It can also be set on fire - a popular way of taking a shot is to light it and then extinguish using the palm of the hand. The glass then sticks to the palm due to suction. The shot is then finished while the drink is still warm.
Man, my last memory of that night was when the bottle of black sambuca I was drinking got finished...
by Mobius131186 August 5, 2006
Get the sambuca mug.An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavored with licorice. Rome's drink of choice, this usually colorless alcohol can be served with 3 or 4 coffee beans to enhance its already unbelievable taste. At 42% alcohol (84 proof) it's amazing the consumer can hardly taste the alcohol! Once the shot has been downed, a warming sensation travels through the drinker's throat, providing a joyous, comforting feeling. The aftertaste is that of black licorice. No chaser is needed, for no chase could drown out the flavor of King Sammy B. Sambuca is and forever will be the king of all drinks. All you Fleischmann's and Admiral Nelson's shall bow down and rejoice in his presence. Long live sambuca!
Person 1: Wow, Emma! This sambuca tastes like black licorice syrup! I can't even taste the alcohol!
Person 2: I know, Reid! It's so amazing, I love drinking my sambuca. Nothing else compares to sammy.
Person 1: You got that right. I love going to the Greek bars at 3am and buying a bottle of Romana Black Sambuca for 30 euros. Then wandering the streets with it. We are so smart!
Person 2: Duh. Even though sambuca wasn't kind to me that night, sammy b is still my favorite :)
Person 2: I know, Reid! It's so amazing, I love drinking my sambuca. Nothing else compares to sammy.
Person 1: You got that right. I love going to the Greek bars at 3am and buying a bottle of Romana Black Sambuca for 30 euros. Then wandering the streets with it. We are so smart!
Person 2: Duh. Even though sambuca wasn't kind to me that night, sammy b is still my favorite :)
by Long Live Sammy B November 11, 2010
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A drinking holiday term for Christopher Columbus Day. Sambuca, an Italian liquor is the drink of choice.
It's similar in concept to calling thanksgiving "turkey day".
It's similar in concept to calling thanksgiving "turkey day".
It's Christopher Columbus Day, I'm going hammer, mixing 151 with the 'buca, cause it's sambuca day ya bish.
I get turned up on skrillex and flaming shots for sambuca day, the best part of Columbus discovering America.
I get turned up on skrillex and flaming shots for sambuca day, the best part of Columbus discovering America.
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Get the sambuca shit splash mug.When one is so intoxicated from drinking a fuckload of sambuca that upon the act of sexual intercourse he cannot maintain an erection but says fuck it, i'l blast her with my semi anyway!
Person 1: "Last night was heavy man, did you smash that girl you went with?"
Person 2: "Man had to press that with sambuca willy! Mare!"
Person 2: "Man had to press that with sambuca willy! Mare!"
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