Can someone please tell me the meaning of "wings" in RedBull?

Question

Ok, maybe this is a silly question, but i have been thinking what mean that Redbull give you "wings", and i could not find a good answer.... thank you for your help...

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Answer 1

It's just a marketing ploy. They want to position the drink as an energy beverage, or a lift - and what gives you a lift more than wings?

Answer 2

Synopsis
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Answer 3

Redbull can give you wings means you get so much energy after drinking redbull that you actually feel like you are flying and can get back to normal routine life

Answer 4

Wings is a metaphor for extra energy. Drinking Red Bull is supposed to give you an extra boost. You move and act faster (as if you had the ability to fly from task to task)

Answer 5

Red Bull does indeed give you wings, a Brazilian study has shown. A Sao Paulo university team plied 26 male volunteers* with booze, Red Bull or a mixture of both, and demonstrated what deranged clubbers already knew: mixing energy drinks with alcohol provokes "an increased sensation of pleasure and a reduction in sleepiness". Or, as team leader professor Maria Lucia Souza-Formigoni told the BBC: "The person is drunk but does not feel as drunk as he really is."

Souza-Formigoni explained: "In Brazil, as in other countries, people believe that Red Bull and other energy drinks avoid the sleepiness caused by alcoholic beverages and increase their capacity to dance all night." Her subjects fuelled with the Red Bull and alcohol mix did indeed report "less perception of headache, weakness, dry mouth and impairment of motor coordination".

And the danger? Thinking you're less legless than you really are and then taking the car for a spin. Souza-Formigoni's fellow researcher professor Roseli Boergnen de Lacerda, of the Federal University of Parana, duly warned: "The implications of these findings are that this association of alcohol and energy drinks is harmful rather than beneficial as believed by consumers."

An Alcohol Concern spokeswoman told the BBC: "This is a small study but it does highlight the risks of excess drinking in relation to personal safety. Alcohol affects physical coordination and impairs an individual's ability to gauge how safe they are in a particular situation and take appropriate action. So any drink that heightens a person's perception of being in control, when they are not, could increase the potential risk of harm."

A Red Bull spokeswoman declared: "Red Bull strongly advocates the responsible use of alcohol at all times. The position of Red Bull, in line with responsible adults and driving organisations worldwide, is that it is absolutely wrong to drink alcohol and drive at any time, regardless of whether alcohol has been mixed or not."

And the case for Red Bull? The spokeswoman added: "Driving organisations, including the RAC, have endorsed the sole consumption of Red Bull or other caffeine-based drinks whilst driving to improve concentration and reaction time, and therefore safety."

Answer 6

The wings are metaphotrical, in the fact it gives you such energy, it is like you have sprouted wings and can fly

Answer 7

lol I can hear the distant sound of a marketing team banging their heads against a wall!! Well done, you've made my day! :)

In a nutshell, they are suggesting that Red Bull as a "pick me up" makes you "fly"...as in it makes you run around. So rather than saying "it makes you fly" they say "it gives you wings"...get it?

Pretty crap ad campaign though, I totally agree!

Answer 8

It's any energy drink so I assume it means it gives you energy. I don't care really I drink it by the crate load and I haven't sprouted any wings yet.

Answer 9

well in correlation to red bull and there slogan "red bull gives you wings " its just another say how red bull gives you an energy boost. so in a sense it gives you a quick high when you tired. active ingredient taurine, not caffeine... is a root found in Austria.

Answer 10

its cus the drink is so full of caffeine that to drink it gives you a serious 'high' or 'buzz', giving you the impression that you can fly.
But i would not recommend trying it, as trying to fly may result in a slight case of death! =]
You have a nice day now!