Etymology

miami vice

Today it means: A cocktail that is a hybrid of a strawberry daiquiri and a pina colada, where these two cocktails are layered on atop the other to form the hybrid. Full definition →

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Miami + vice. Named after the U.S. 1980s TV detective cop show Miami Vice, a TV show about the narcotics vice squad in Miami, Florida, USA; described as "MTV Cops" thematically.

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