blue juice n. the chemical, usually sodium phenobarbital, used to euthanize animals. Editorial Note: Occasionally used as a verb: the dog was blue-juiced. Thanks to David Lurie for suggesting today’s word. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A mixed-breed dog is sometimes called a bitsa, as in it’s made from “bits of this and bits of that.” This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “A “Bitsa” Dog is Bits of This and Bits of That of that”” You know, we were talking...
When Bebe, a non-native English speaker in Charlotte, North Carolina, moved from England to the United States, she learned that a minor illness isn’t called the lurgy but the crud. In the 1700s, lurgy was used jokingly to refer to “a vague medical...