A fork of Rural Dictionary
Word used to describe any drink. Started with beer, but now used to describe any drink, often at times when beer would not be the appropriate drink.
"lets go to the school canteen for a pint"
1. (In the US) 0.473 liters (16 fluid ounces) of a liquid, typically draft beer.
2. (In the UK) 0.568 litres (20 fluid ounces) of a liquid, typically draught beer.
3. (Metric - everywhere else in the world other than UK/US) Exactly half a litre (or 500mL, 2 cups, 18 fluid ounces, etc.) of any liquid, most notably beer.
Man (walks into a bar in Toronto): I'll have a pint of Guiness.
Bartender: One pint of Guiness, coming up.
Man: So a pint is 375 mL, right?
Bartender: No sir, its 500mL.
Man: Well I'll be damned. But it's 12 ounces right?
Bartender: No sir, its 18 fluid ounces.
Man: Damn, I'll have to stop getting my facts from urbandictionary.com
Bartender: Well actually, I'm a psychic, and I'm having a vision of some valiant soul deciding to post a proper definition of the word "pint" as it refers to drinking. So don't worry, keep on urbandicking!
Man: Urbandicking? I'll have to look that one up.
Bartender: Well if its not self-explanatory then you're an idiot.
Man: Just give me the goddamn pint.