Why are sodas referred to as soft drinks when they are bubbly and not at all soft?

Answer 1

Both should be consider many people are saying soft drinks or sodas both works same :P

Answer 2

Because their non - alcoholic.

Answer 3

Necause they don't have alcohol in them. That's waht makes a drink hard.

Answer 4

Soft drink = nonalcoholic drink

Answer 5

they don't contain tain alcohol is what makes them "soft". hard drinks all contain alcohol.

Answer 6

Soft refers to being non-alcoholic.  "Hard" would be something that has alcohol.

Answer 7

Because they do not contain alcohol. 

Answer 8

Hard=alcoholic.

Answer 9

Why do we park on driveways and drive on parkways. 

Get a life.....not important

Answer 10

Drinks with alcohol are considered hard (which had a few definitions such as powerful and potent) and so the opposite was called soft (also a definition of soft is having a pleasing quality involving a subtle effect or contrast rather than sharp definition) Originally any drink that didn't have alcohol was considered a soft drink, but today we usually use it to mean flavored carbonated beverages (with no alcohol)