[Ads-l] juice = ink for marking cards, juice(d) cards; bug juice/Kool-Aid

[Jonathan Lighter]

BB's post seems to clarify the def. of the verb given in HDAS: "_Gamb._ to
tamper with (a deck of cards)."

twenty-odd years ago it wasn't clear to me what the precise nature of the
"juicing" might be. (I believe I thought it implied making them more
"lively" or favorable.)

Anyway, the sole cite came from the hit film _The Cincinnati Kd_ (1965).

JL

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 3:15 AM, Benjamin Barrett <mail.barretts at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Both the Oxford English Dictionary site (
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/juice <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/juice>)
> and Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/juice) provide a range of
> meanings for the word “juice,” but none provide a scope that captures the
> meaning of a dye for marking cards so they can be identified with special
> sunglasses or contact lenses.
>
> I assume the word “juice” comes from “lemon juice invisible ink” (
> http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Invisible-Ink-Message <
> http://www.wikihow.com/Make-an-Invisible-Ink-Message>). I have a vague
> recollection of reading about it in some book about codes and ciphers as a
> kid and trying it out (I thought the obvious faded yellow was an utterly
> stupid technique).
>
> 1. The Marked Cards Organization has a “Juice Ink Kit Deluxe” for $500:
>
> http://www.markedcards.org/juice-ink-kit-deluxe-for-plastic-cards.html <
> http://www.markedcards.org/juice-ink-kit-deluxe-for-plastic-cards.html>
>
> 2. The Marked Cards Organization also sells a range of juice decks for
> much less:
>
> http://www.markedcards.org/juice.html <
> http://www.markedcards.org/juice.html>
>
> 3. Chen lynn has posted a www.buymarkedcards.com <
> http://www.buymarkedcards.com/> video about juice cards at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi73HK9Rm6o <
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi73HK9Rm6o>.
>
> 4. Also from buymarkedcars.com (
> http://www.buymarkedcards.com/ntp-marked-cards.shtml <
> http://www.buymarkedcards.com/ntp-marked-cards.shtml>) is “juiced cards”:
>
> =====
> When you wear special contact lenses, you can read the marks in the middle
> of the back of the juiced cards, but the naked eyes cannot see them.
> =====
>
> —
> Separately, has the issue of “drinking juice/Kool-Aid” meaning somebody is
> mentally not right been discussed? I’m not very good at this set of
> expressions, but I’ve heard people say things like “he’s been drinking the
> juice/Kool-Aid” in combination with various expressions. I see that the
> Oxford Dictionary site (
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bug-juice?q=bug+juice
> <
> http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/bug-juice?q=bug+juice>)
> has “bug juice” to mean high-proof alcohol. Wiktionary includes Kool-Aid (
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bug_juice <
> https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bug_juice>). I never associated this sort
> of expression with alcohol per se, but just as a metaphor for being short a
> brick or not right upstairs.
>
> Benjamin Barrett
> Formerly of Seattle, WA
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