Aspirin is now a generic drug, but it was once a brand-name product made by Bayer. It’s just one of many genericized trademarks, also known as proprietary eponyms, which includes not only aspirin, but kerosene, dry ice, and cellophane. This is part...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski presents a puzzle in which we remove the first letter of a phrase to yield another with a different meaning. Try one: originally it was a boxing film starring Robert De Niro. Now it describes a head of cattle that’s perhaps...
black aspirin n.— «I didn’t bother with the police that time just went round and counselled all of “em against it, offering plenty of “black aspirin” as medication should they need it.» —“Re: Dangerous Ground” by Rhino in United...
black aspirin n.— «If you drink water between drinks and then drinka hell of a lot before you go to bed, the hangover is minimised. Then lots of black aspirin [Coke] the next day.» —“What’s the definitive cure for a hangover?” Courier...
black aspirin n.— «Rain, hail or shine, tsunami, avalanche or volcanic eruption, rickets, leprosy or black plague, you will find these zealots angling towards the front of the queue with fold-up chairs for comfort and a thermos full of black...
black aspirin
n.— « Coke, often referred to as black aspirin or black Berocca, must be the full strength, non-diet stuff, to get the sugar.» —“Hangover Cures” by Patrick Cornish West Australian Dec. 27, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
