Funky Cold Medina is generally anything you take to help you let loose.
Medina was a common surname for black families in Spain. The name came to be associated with being truthful, and "Medina" would be spoken to say "that's the truth". Rapper Flavor Flav would
use Cold Medina as an affirmation. The
Beastie Boys were on the same record label as Flav at the time. They liked the new '80s cocktail, the
Fuzzy Navel, but hated the name, so they nicknamed it the Cold Medina because they liked the sound of it. That caught on and Cold Medina became a popular nickname for the drink. Whereas it was popular to order a stronger version of the
Fuzzy Navel and refer to it as a Hairy Navel, those who called the drink a Cold Medina called the stronger version a Funky Cold Medina. The names would often also be used to describe any drink you'd buy someone at a bar, hoping it would reduce their
inhibitions. After Flavor Flav suggested Tone Loc use it in a song, fellow rapper Young MC wrote it for him, Loc found himself with a hit, and the name became more widely popular. Since then, it has been attributed to several other cocktails and also a marijuana strain.
I set them up on a
double date with us. At first, they were pretty quiet and
awkward with one
another, but a little funky cold medina and they got along great.
