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elephant juice

noun

Etymology

When spoken with no sound, the phrase generates a similar pattern of lip movements to saying "I love you". It was popularised by the 1999 film Elephant Juice.

Definitions

  1. Etorphine.

    • You mean that elephant juice they use to dope horses?
    • ETORPHINE (elephant juice) A tranquiliser for large animals such as elephants, it can be a most powerful stimulant if applied correctly to horses. Caused a sensation in WA racing, especially in the 1980s.

  2. Used as a substitute for I love you.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA