Imagine a time when heroin was marketed for the whole family. It really happened! Also, how Twitter, M&M’s, and Hallmark cards got their names. Plus, restaurant slang, bad juju, having a wild hair, cutting to the quick, and use vs. utilize.
Doug from Madison, Wisconsin, heard friends talking about bad juju and funky juju and wondered why the word suddenly seemed to be everywhere. Juju apparently traces to West African languages, where it can mean a charm or magical object used in spell...