screaming jelly babies

noun

Definitions

  1. A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the…

    A classroom chemistry demonstration, using potassium chlorate to rapidly oxidize the sugar in jelly babies so that they burst into flame and emit gases with a screaming sound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for screaming jelly babies. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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