Heard on The Doctors: _bug juice_

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Mar 14, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Jon Lighter wrote:

>
>> don't know why it isn't in the slang dictionaries.
>
> Then how do you explain this?:
>
> HDAS: "bug juice...1. cheap potent whiskey [1863 - 1978].  2.a. A soft
> drink, esp. (in recent use) an instant fruit drink.  [1889-1990; that would
> include Kool-Aid].  b.  a sedative or other drug in liquid form [1942
> -1974; cf. Wilson's ex.]  3. an insecticide or insect repellent [1944 1982]
>  4. gasoline [1942 - 1983]  5. de-icing fluid -1945-1956].

my apologies.  i accepted others' claims that it wasn't in HDAS, without checking myself.

arnold

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