The health care company GalxoSmithKiine, make a malt milk drink called Horlicks, which is marketed in the UK, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan and Jamaica.
Traditionally in the UK Horlicks is taken at night just before going to sleep, in the same way as British people take coco or hot chocolate.
However in the English language Horlicks can also be used to describe a minor disaster or shambles, it is normally combined with the verb "To Make"
For example, "Oh my, did you see the football game last night, our team made a horlicks of the defence!"
In this example the speaker is suggesting that the team the speaker supports had a disastrous game, especially in defence.
Using horlicks in this manner is not considered offensive, and was in fact used in 2003 by the
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