protein spill

protein spill
 n.โ€” ยซVirginia Li Yuk Wing, 24, a college graduate in marketing who is working as a custodian at Disney-MGM Studios before moving to the Hong Kong park, learned the euphemism for the mess created by queasy visitors after an intense ride: protein spill.ยป โ€”โ€œChinese workers learn Disney lingo” by Mike Schneider in Lake Buena Vista Bradenton Herald (Florida) Apr. 18, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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