dinosaur wine
n.— «WD-40 contains petroleum distillates, PERIOD. No fish oil, no anise, no diddly. Just well-processed “dinosaur wine.”» —“Re: WD-40 and Fish?” by Tom Fry in Trail, British Columbia Usenet: rec.outdoors.fishing May 23, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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