Scotch Mist

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Scotch Mist is:

  • An idiom which in the United Kingdom means a cold and penetrating mist that verges on rain
  • In the United Kingdom an idiom meaning something that is hard to find or doesn't exist (something imagined).
  • Scottish term given to a persistent drizzle with poor visibility, especially on moors and out at sea. which poses risks of hypothermia to walkers, and of navigation and collision danger to sailors.
  • Humorously, to refer to drunken confusion. Hence a whiskey cocktail with lemon and ice which no self-respecting Scotsman would touch.
  • The name of episode 5 of the 2004 Channel 4 series Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
  • The name of a webcast of a private concert by UK band Radiohead, streamed by Current TV on 31st December 2007
  • The title of a short story by American author Evan Henry.
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