Words & TermsCrime, prison and the underworld
lunatic soup
Illicit alcohol distilled in prison.
In a sentence
The officers discovered a batch of lunatic soup in the cell.
Where it came from
A darkly comic metaphor for illicit alcohol distilled in cells. The Parramatta glossary records lunatic soup for alcohol illegally distilled in prison.
- First recorded
- 1972
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Parramatta Jail, NSW
- Use today
- Historical Parramatta Jail usage; later/current currency not established