Word: spritely
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Sprite...
...realized that I’m young. I’ll sip a soy-milk vanilla chai while discussing the more obscure points of Shakespeare, but I’ll also teehee at the prospect of chocolate pudding. Undoubtedly I’m young at heart, but my sprite legs also draw disapproving glares as I zip by adults in the yard; and I don’t lose sleep over the thought that there’s no room for an over-the-hill Harvard graduate, wallowing in his early-mid-twenties, in this weakened economy. Most importantly...
...Toby S.A. Friedkin ’04 had to stay after section Monday to explain why he was passing notes in class. Thinking on his feet, he said, “I was, um, just saying how I think that annoying brunette should shove her Sprite bottle up her ass.” The TF wasn’t buying it, however. “I know you were really just writing notes to ask your neighbor what page in the book we were referring to.” Busted...
...strong sales may encourage further innovation in a busy market: Dr Pepper's Red Fusion debuted in July, Pepsi Blue rolls out this month, and Coca-Cola has reintroduced grape and orange Fanta. Expect a diet version of Vanilla Coke soon and maybe some new twists on the lagging Sprite brand. "The buzz is some sort of tropical fruit flavor for Sprite," says Skip Carpenter, beverage analyst at Thomas Weisel Partners. What, no chocolate...
Chen used to spend his evenings in the corners of Shanghai's cheapest bars, whiling away the hours with his Sprite-and-beer shandies and a stack of car magazines. But last September, the 20-year-old engineering major discovered a new hangout. Ascending a narrow staircase to a windowless room, he found a place near several other men sitting alone, obscured by clouds of cigarette smoke. Chen (he declines to give his full name) is now devoted to this Internet cafe. In May he spent 32 hours straight here, working his way through six packs of Double Happiness cigarettes...