- Coke
- soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.
- cola (n.)
- 1795, genus of trees native to west Africa and introduced in New World tropics, Latinized form of a West African name of the tree (compare Temne kola, Mandingo kolo). Meaning "carbonated soft drink" is 1920, short for Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola.
- Dr. Pepper (n.)
- soft drink, patented 1906 by the Dr. Pepper Co., Dallas, Texas; named for U.S. physician Dr. Charles Pepper.