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

[Wilson Gray]

_bug juice_ "soy sauce" in StL BE slang. But the term goes back to at least
1863 - HDAS - in various meanings.

On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Mullins, Bill CIV (US) <
william.d.mullins18.civ at mail.mil> wrote:

> CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
>
> Marked cards are called "readers" (OED: 1887).  Cards which have been
> "juiced", or subtly tinted with a colored solution such that they can only
> be distinguished through colored contact lenses or spectacles are called
> "luminous readers".   I've seen descriptions of their use as far back as
> 1826 (without using these terms in describing them).
>
> Readers
> _Boston Weekly Globe_ 15 Dec 1886 p 3 col 6 [newspapers.com]
> "This is performed with marked cards, or what are called "readers." . . .
> These marked cards or "readers" are made and sold largely in America by
> circular, and a single pack costs as much as a "fiver.""
>
> Luminous Readers
> _Winnipeg Tribune_ 2 Mar 1940  sec 2 p 5 (whole page # 32) col 2 [
> newspapers.com]
> "This innocent-looking eyeshade made by Mason & Co., Chicago, enables the
> user to tell "luminous readers" -- cards which the catalogue says "do not
> bear any visible mark, but when viewed with our Luminous Visor the work
> appears as plain as the figure 8 on the back of the cut pictured.""
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: American Dialect Society [mailto:ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Lighter
> > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2016 8:33 AM
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> > Subject: Re: juice = ink for marking cards, juice(d) cards; bug
> juice/Kool-Aid
> >
> >
> > ----
> >
> > BB's post seems to clarify the def. of the verb given in HDAS: "_Gamb._
> to tamper with (a deck of cards)."
>
> I think it means to tamper in a very specific way, that is, to tint them
> with barely-visible colored ink.
>
>
> >
> > 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/americ
> > > an_english/juice <
> > > http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/americ
> > > an_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-pl
> > > astic-cards.html <
> > > http://www.markedcards.org/juice-ink-kit-deluxe-for-pl
> > > astic-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.
> > > =====
> > >
> > >
> > > Benjamin Barrett
> > > Formerly of Seattle, WA
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