cocktail
n.— «Two guards I spoke with had numerous years of service, and each said Camp Delta was the most stressful assignment of their careers. One told me that each day, detainees throw bodily waste at him. Guards have coined names for the various bodily fluids: Cocktail No. 1, Cocktail No. 2, Cocktail No. 3 and Cocktail No. 4, which is the maximum combination of bodily fluids: urine, feces, saliva and semen.» —“Looking terrorist suspect in eye sends pulse racing” by Tony Femino Arizona Republic (Phoenix) Aug. 15, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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