Many people have an extreme dislike of the word "mocktail," and a thousand and one Facebook discussions later, I've decided to put all the suggested alternatives for the word in one place.
So if you're looking for a new section heading for your bar menu, or you're a journalist writing the 4000th Dry January story and need some new words to use, this list is for you!

Please let me know if I missed something!
- 0% ABV
- 86 ABV
- abstinence drinks
- alcohol free
- all ages show
- almost cocktails
- barely legal
- baseless
- boozeless
- chauffeur's choice
- cocktail adjacent
- coolers
- designated drivers
- drinks for your endurance
- driver friendly
- driver's choice
- dry cocktails
- dry liquids
- even keel
- fauxtails
- free-spirited cocktails
- freetails
- gentle spirit
- g-rated
- immaculate concoctions
- jerk soda
- junior varsity
- kiddie cocktails
- lie-bations
- liver friendly
- loopholes
- low test
- maternatinis
- minor indulgences
- no ABV
- nolo
- nocktails
- no knocktails
- non-alcoholic
- nonnies
- nontoxicants
- no octane
- no proof
- not just for kids
- not quite cocktails
- not-tails
- n.w.a. (nothing with alcohol)
- on the wagon
- pacers
- PG
- placebos
- preggatinis
- rated E for Everyone
- refrainers
- refreshers
- safe for work
- shallow end
- sober drinks
- soft cocktails
- soft drinks
- spirit-free
- teetotalers
- teetotaler tipples
- temperance drinks
- tonics and refreshers
- uber juice
- unleaded
- virgin
- volcano sacrifice
- Volstead approved
- without alcohol
- without proof
- zero alcohol
- zero-proof
Got other ideas? Let me know!
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