Vitamin G (grease); Chicken Fried Bacon (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

OED should probably recognize the template _Vitamin ------_  as productive esp. of jocular synonyms for various drugs, chemical substances, etc., supposed to provide or restore a feeling of normal well-being

  a1990 in  _Maledicta_  X 35: Vitamin H, haloperidol, a major tranquilizer often used for hyperexcitability, especially in geriatric patients.  _Vitamin P_, sex. From _pussy_. "He's got a bad Vitamin P deficiency."

  JL


Dave Hause <dwhause at JOBE.NET> wrote:
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In medical school, on psychiatry rotations, we used to describe patients as
having "a vitamin T deficiency." The "T" being Thorazine (chlopromazine),
an anti-psychotic agent that I think has been largely replaced by newer
agents.
Dave Hause, dwhause at jobe.net
Waynesville, MO
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When I was in college (early 1980's) I knew some people who had more
than a passing acquaitance with the drug scene. They would call
qualudes "vitamin Q" and LSD "vitamin A" (for acid). I don't
specifically remember other such constructions, but I'm sure "vitamin"
was overused that way, and referred to many other drugs. (LSD was also
called Lawrence Stanley Davidson and Cousin Sid, if I recall correctly).

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> Does the next HDAS have anything for "Vitamin G" (grease)?
> ...
> "Vitamin G" is often used in stories about this Texas
> original dish--chicke= n=20 fried bacon. Don't ask--just
> watch the video on YouTube.

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