atomic cocktail
n.— «Atomic cocktail: A mixture of feces, urine and assorted other unpleasant substances that inmates sometimes throw at officers.» —“What the lingo means” by Adam C. Smith, Jo Becker St. Petersburg Times (Florida) Dec. 30, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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