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

[Mullins, Bill CIV (US)]

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Sgt. K. B. Davis _Gambling Investigation_ Royal Canadian Mounted Police Headquarters, Ottawa: 1973 p. 127
"This method is commonly referred to as a "Juiced" deck." 
 

Jon Racherbaumer _Card Finesse_ self-published: New Orleans, 1982. p. 192
"Martin Nash demonstrated the "juice deck" in 1969."



 
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> > -----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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