compassion club
n.— «McCormick and his girlfriend were arrested while driving from San Diego to Providence to start a “compassion club” for seriously ill people who use marijuana to dull their pain.» —“Drug Arrest Will Not Stop Advocate” in Providence, Rhode Island Charleston Daily Mail (West Virginia) Aug. 9, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Whitney from Providence, Rhode Island, shares a funny story about her toddler’s misunderstanding of the word Shoo, as in Shoo it away. It has nothing to do with the shoe you wear on your foot! This is part of a complete episode.
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